It's gonna be a long time coming, but I think the eventual end-game here is we stop providing residential service at all. As the unlicensed spectrum deteriorates and the licensed providers (Verizon, AT&T, et al) improve service and rates, eventually we'll hit a tipping point where it no longer makes sense. Students will just use their cell service. But again... that's a very long ways off yet. In the meantime, we have to do the best we can with the spectrum available to us.
Joel Coehoorn Director of Information Technology 402.363.5603 *jcoeho...@york.edu <jcoeho...@york.edu>* The mission of York College is to transform lives through Christ-centered education and to equip students for lifelong service to God, family, and society On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 8:47 AM, Chuck Enfield <chu...@psu.edu> wrote: > Without a doubt, but I assumed it's unavoidable. Such is the nature of > unlicensed spectrum. More wireless devices means more congestion, which > means anybody for whom it's important that their systems work well will > put them in the best available band until eventually it is saturated too. > The only solution I can conceive of is to make enough unlicensed spectrum > available that everything can coexist in an mutually acceptable manner. > We don't have that with 5GHz. Add 60 GHz to the mix, with lots of > high-capacity channels and poor propagation, and we probably get some > breathing room, but even then I don't know how long it will last. > > -----Original Message----- > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Hector J Rios > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 8:45 AM > To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] LTE can mooch off of Wi-Fi spectrum with new > Qualcomm chipset | PCWorld > > All I can say is that if we continue down this path, the 5GHz band will > eventually turn into the mess that the 2.4GHz band is today. There might > be more channels available in the 5GHz band, but there is a colossal > parade of devices that are on their way to invade it, and it's not going > to be pretty. > > Now, off to find fight rogues. > > Hector Rios > Louisiana State University > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Trent Hurt > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 7:15 PM > To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] LTE can mooch off of Wi-Fi spectrum with new > Qualcomm chipset | PCWorld > > http://www.pcworld.com/article/2889792/lte-can-mooch-off-of-wifi-spectrum- > with-new-qualcomm-chipset.html > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent > Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent > Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent > Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
