I agree that it's important for students to have network access in their homes.
That says nothing about who should provide said access, and little about the
specific features required.
FWIW, the cost of a robust WiFi network in residence halls is generally so
small compared to the other costs
I could not agree more, but it's important to know what drives performance and
coverage requirements, and some vague notion of an effect on recruiting is
quite different from specific and identifiable (note I did not say easily)
academic needs. For example, academic needs don't justify wide-spr
My impression (again, anecdotal!) is that wireless doesn't rank incredibly
high during their selection process, partially because they're overwhelmed
with the process as a whole (major selection, financial aid packages, etc),
but also because it doesn't really occur to them that the wireless at
Thanks John. FWIW, your characterization matches my experience in re the
opinions of people in a position to know. But every time I've been able to ask
the basis for that opinion the evidence is either anecdotal or it's based on a
survey of their peers. This reeks of groupthink.
I have my own
The other factor in resnet applications is who is paying the bills. Some
campuses require students to live on campus. Others compete directly with
off-campus housing for revenue. Still others, housing and dining services are
income sources to the school.
Poor wireless becomes a student satisf
Chuck,
That's a very fair question and I don't believe there is solid data to
support (or oppose) my contention. I can only support my claim by
consistent anecdotal opinions of those in the institutional position to
know - our stakeholder interviews with personnel in Admissions, Res Life,
Student
Here’s a link to recent ACUTA report - 2015 FOURTH ANNUAL ACUTA/NACUBO/ACUHO-I
STATE OF RESNET REPORT
https://www.acuta.org/ACUTA/Member_Services/ResNet_Survey/ACUTA/MemberServices/ResNet_Survey.aspx?hkey=8c787ad7-6a85-4a23-9b8d-37dc26685a41
An infographic goes with it: https://www.acuta.org/acuta
John, I’ve often heard it said that wireless is important to recruiting and
retention, but I’ve yet to find any solid foundation for the claim. This
may be because those search terms in Google return so much unrelated
information that the good data is hard to find, or it could be that the
clai
We consult with many higher-ed institutions and the question your President
has posed about buying bulk data is a real one that many institutions have
looked into. We are frequently asked this question (same question for
cellular when it is time to replace the phone system) when we assist
schools
We are MIT, and we’re not looking into this. :)
-Chris
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> On May 13, 2015, at 9:24 AM,
Typically, either Xalt r5005, or LigoWave of late (huge value for the buck).
Lee Badman
Wireless/Network Architect
ITS, Syracuse University
315.443.3003
(Blog: http://wirednot.wordpress.com)
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What wireless bridge do you use?
Walter Reynolds
Principal Systems Security Development Engineer
Information and Technology Services
University of Michigan
(734) 615-9438
> On May 12, 2015, at 8:36 PM, Lee H Badman wrote:
>
> We say no to wireless cameras, even the integrators we use prefer to
Seems like it doesn’t matter who is floating the radio waves, you or and LTE
provider, you’ll still be on the hook for support, especially if vpn clients
are running on all those client devices.
Mongolians? I thought it was Monrovians
Bruce Boardman Networking Syracuse University 315 412-4156
Oh yeah… me and all my friends on our channel 2 hotspots. Good times…
especially when the local cell cripples and we’ve got so much CCI you can cut
it with a knife! “Just call the carrier!” will go over real well with angry
parents.
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Absolutely, agree. I think the push to AC is mostly a managerial/competitive
advantage push. We get to deal with the ramifications.
Respectfully,
Matthew Williams
IT Manager, Wireless
Kent State University
Office: (330) 672-7246
Mobile: (330) 469-0445
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Lee,
All you need is a Smart-Phone with a HotSpot feature and a very large Data
Quota.
(I assume that’s what schools thinking about switching to LTE have in mind!)
You can then do WPA2-PSK between your phone and your TV, your Game Console, ...
Mongolians don’t have wireless in the plains, but th
Does the carrier guarantee capacity at this scale? And does it matter that no
game systems, TVs, etc can play any more? And… students have to use two
distinct technologies depending on where they are on campus, and probably have
to VPN in for certain operations from the dorm to campus?
This sou
Matthew,
I didn’t mean that 802.11ac is not better than 802.11n in many aspects, but
more that many of us could live many more years with 802.11n
and be quite fine especially if cost is an issue.
Thanks,
Philippe
Philippe Hanset
www.anyroam.net
> On May 13, 2015, at 10:38 AM, Williams, Matt
What is the motivation here?
I ask because this sounds like a cost thing. It sounds like the President
is looking at 3 hefty expenses:
1. Existing fixed line internet service
2. Wifi Upgrades
3. Staff support costs for Wifi services
and is hoping to avoid all three of these by switching to an LT
Philippe,
I see value in 802.11ac running on 40MHz channels. It still plays nice with N
and the performance, though negligible, is still better.
The biggest complaint that I have about AC is that management hears the sales
pitch about how awesome it is at 80MHz and how it will solve all of our
So the Cellular industry is having seminars and investing big on Wi-Fi offload
and some schools are considering LTE offload,
what an irony.
At the end of the day the cost of providing 1 byte over LTE is much higher than
the cost 1 byte over Wi-Fi.
(DAS, Microcell, MacroTower, all more expensive
Hi Brian,
If 3/4G is seriously being considered by senior management then before any
decision is actually taken there should be a serious amount of testing (by
them) - the term 'eating your own dogfood' springs to mind. I can't
imagine using a mifi at home to stream Netflix or to download an Appl
An article I found about LTE replacing services it isn't wifi but it gives a
detailed account of how LTE connection was tested. It isn't directly related to
higher ed applications but it give a good account of the impact of congestion
on an LTE service.
http://www.networkworld.com/article/2226
That sounds extremely painful. I cannot imagine deploying a solution that
97+% of laptops cannot use directly.
--
Hunter Fuller
OIT
Sent from my phone.
On May 13, 2015 8:25 AM, "Brian Helman" wrote:
> I have a little more information to provide now. I absolutely
> appreciate that it will be
I have a little more information to provide now. I absolutely appreciate that
it will be extremely tempting to respond with biased opinions. I don’t think
there is anything that can be said that I haven’t already expressed to my team.
However, that will not help me write up my recommendation.
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