The campus network at Texas A&M University consists of a Gigabit backbone and hundreds of ethernet LANs. The network connects over 250 buildings (including all residence halls) and has over 65,000 devices attached to it. The current backbone infrastucture upgrade in process consists of increasing the building uplinks from 100 Megabit Ethernet to Gigabit Ethernet. Access to the Internet and Internet2 is via a Gigabit connection over LEARN (Lonestar Education and Research Network). TAMU receives Internet access from WilTell and Internet2 access from the Houston Gigapop.
When considering the options for getting connected to the campus network, please remember that the most important thing you can do to make the process go smoothly is plan ahead; initiate your request as early on in the process as possible.