UC Berkeley Astronomy Department Computer Rates

$LastChangedDate:: 2011-08-01#$

These are the currently effective rates. The basic charge per user account per month is now $33. The rates have been adjusted up to reflect the fluctuating cost of materials and the addition of new printers and server/backup hardware.

The total rate structure is:

Every computer account in Astronomy is subject to a basic $33.00 monthly charge for use on any workstation.


Monthly charges for use:

Printed B&W pages      0.12   Disk Gbytes/month (home dir) 2.56
Printed color pages    0.65   Backup per Gbyte/month       2.50 
Printed poster pages  40.00   System charge per CPU/month  5.00
Per Account/month     33.00   



Connect time and CPU time are no longer charged.