Information

regarding Internet use for

UFS Students
Cost (as of 1 March 2018)

Peak time After hours

Time slots From 07:00 Between 17:01
to 17:00 and 06:59
Free monthly quota for 300 MB 5 GB
all students [5048 MB]
All M- and D-students, inclusive Free Free
of post-docs and research fellows

Cost for additional data use 20 cents 10 cents

per MB per MB

UFS sites (ufs.ac.za) Free Free

T: 051 401 9111 | info@ufs.ac.za | www.ufs.ac.za

* If you do not received the postgraduate quote, please contact
Student Academic Services in the George du Toit Building to change
your student profile on PeopleSoft

Tips for Internet use

- Keep your password secret.

- Change your password regularly. Use a random mixture of at least

seven characters, including upper- and lowercase letters, numbers
and symbols.

- Do not make use of the “Save my password” option.

- Shut down the computer after use, especially after using a computer
in a computer lab.

Very important
- A student will not be refunded for wrongful use of his/her Internet
account, since access is regulated with a username and password.

- Monitor your Internet use on the Self Service section available on

https://www.ufs.ac.za/kovsielife/login-page

- Please take cognisance of the fact that for a browser to display a

page, it must download the entire page.

- Therefore, in the web environment download is not limited to

instances where the user has made use of the “Save” command.

T: 051 401 9111 | info@ufs.ac.za | www.ufs.ac.za