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Old 01-28-2007, 04:13 PM   #1
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Colleges/Universities Where Steam Does/Does Not Work

Colleges and Universities Where Steam Does/Does Not Work

Here you will find a list of colleges or universities where Steam either does or does not work. Please contribute to the list by posting: 1) name of school and 2) location(s) such as dorm room, library, etc.

* Indicates name of school appears on both lists.

DOES NOT WORK/Ports Blocked/Cannot Connect
- Asbury College, Wilmore, KY (campus wide; ports blocked)
- Cardiff University, Wales, UK (dorms)
- Collège de Sherbrooke (Campus wide)
- College of Haapavesi, Finland
- Duquesne University, Pittsburgh
- East Berkshire College (campus wide)
- Elon University, North Carolina (Dorms)
- FMU
- Grove City College (campus wide)
- Hofstra University (campus wide; ports blocked)
- Høgskolen i Østfold, Norway (campus wide)
- High School of Engineering in Prague, Czech Republic (Campus wide)
- HP Belfield Office Park, Dublin, Ireland (company)
- Irvine Valley College (campus wide)
- Maryland Institue College of Art (Dorms)
- Michaelston Community College, Wales, UK
- Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Canada (Wi-Fi (wireless) hotspots)
- Palm Beach Atlantic University (dorms/everywhere)
- Radford University ()
- Robert Gordon University
- Staffordshire University, Stoke (Steam loads; games not playable)
- Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
- Tyler Junior College
- University of British Columbia (only 1 dorm where it works)
- University of Glamorgan, Wales, UK (campus wide; ports blocked)
- University of Sheffield (every campus)
- University of Stirling, UK (ports blocked)
- University of Texas San Antonio
- University of Queensland (Australia), St. Lucia campus
- University of York, England (Campus wide)
- University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK (does not work by default in halls)
- Vanier College, Montreal, Quebec (campus wide; all ports blocked)

DOES WORK/Ports Not Blocked
- Auburn University, Alabama, US (campus wide)
- Cal Poly Pomona (dorms)
- Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium ()
- Collège Ahuntsic (campus wide)
- College Park, MD
- Earlham College (campus wide)
- Florida Tech (Brownlie Hall)
- GPRC Alberta Canada (Grande Prarie Regional College)
- Hawaii Pacific University (Windward 'Loa Campus Dorms)
- Hudson Valley Community College, Richmond, Indiana (campus wide)
- Humber College in Toronto (dorms)
- İzmir American Collegiate of Institute, Göztepe - İzmir, Turkey (campus wide)
- Lboro Uni, UK ()
- Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (campus wide)
- Liverpool Uni, UK (campus wide)
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (dorms)
- Mondriaan Onderwijsgroep VAVO (campus wide)
- Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Canada (wired LAN)
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (campus wide)
- Ohio State University
- Ohio University (campus wide)
- Providence College, Providence RI
- Radford University (slow)
- Rochester Institute of Technology (dorms)
- Ryerson University, Toronto, ON (campus wide)
- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX (campus wide)
- University of Alberta, Canada (campus wide)
- University of Arizona
- University of Bedfordshire, UK (Bute Street Halls)
- University of Birmingham, UK (works but slow)
- University of Dayton
- University of Dortmund, Germany ()
- University of Derby, UK (Student Halls)
- University of Florida, Florida (Dorms)
- University of Iowa, Iowa City (every campus)
- University of North Carolina of Wilmington
- University of South Alabama (Delta 1, but slow)
- University of Texas at Tyler
- University of Toledo (dorms)
- University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA (campus wide)
- University of Wisconsin - Stout (dorms, academic buildings)
- University of Wisconsin, Platteville (works in Residence Halls--Not Dorms)
- Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (dorms)
- Western Michigan University (campus wide)
- New York University
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Old 01-28-2007, 05:40 PM   #2
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College: Hudson Valley Community College
Status: You can connect to Steam
Where: Campus as a whole, not allowed in Libraries though (saw some people play CS 1.6)
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Old 01-28-2007, 05:53 PM   #3
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College: Earlham College (Richmond, Indiana)
Status: Ports Open. The connection has changed; it works like a charm now.
Where: Everywhere.

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Old 01-29-2007, 04:32 AM   #4
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College: University Of Bedfordshire (UK)
Status: All ports to play Steam games are open. Connection can sometimes be poor
Where: Bute Street Halls.
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Old 01-29-2007, 01:07 PM   #5
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College: Maryland Institue College of Art (MICA)
Status: Cannot connect to steam.
Where: Only tested in dorms (commons area)
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Old 01-29-2007, 10:01 PM   #6
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Elon University, North Carolina
Can connect to steam, but not servers for steam games.
Tested in dorms.
 
Old 01-30-2007, 06:13 AM   #7
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DOES NOT WORK: in High School of Engineering in Prague, Czech Republic.
WHERE: When Im in classroom and Im conected via WiFi to site Eduroam. I cant start Steam, it only shows Steam Update Window and nothing happens (I have steam updated to the last version always)... there is something blocked.
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Old 01-30-2007, 07:10 PM   #8
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DOES NOT WORK: Collège de Sherbrooke
WHERE: Everywhere in the college, port range blocked
DOES WORK: Collège Ahuntsic
WHERE: Everywhere, if you use your laptop or an account with local admin priviledge.
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Old 01-30-2007, 10:30 PM   #9
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College: Ryerson University - Toronto, ON
Status: DOES WORK
Where: Entire campus wireless access. Have not tried library or W76
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Old 01-31-2007, 01:09 AM   #10
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Lboro uni UK works fine
 
Old 01-31-2007, 02:41 PM   #11
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Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium : works fine.
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Old 02-08-2007, 01:46 AM   #12
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DOES WORK/Ports Not Blocked:
- University of Dortmund, Germany (lan and wlan+vpn work)
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Old 02-08-2007, 11:09 AM   #13
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Radford University...it worked until the beginning semester when there was a problem and we had to shut down all access to the net. Anyone know how to get it back up and running
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Old 02-09-2007, 10:54 AM   #14
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College: East Berkshire College
Status: You cant connect to Steam
Where: Everywhere.. ports are blocked and steam as an application will not install.
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Old 02-12-2007, 01:24 PM   #15
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College: University of Florida
Status: Works fine
Where: Dorms
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