I think the time for new indoor DAS deployments in most buildings has passed. If you’ve already invested in a head-end, it may be worthwhile to expand it. If you haven’t done it yet, now is not the time to start. Avoid anything you can possibly avoid until Wi-Fi calling and SMS makes indoor cellular coverage moot (could be a 3 to 5 years to 90% penetration in some markets). Keep spending low by addressing anything you can’t avoid with OTA systems (no head-end) or femtocells. Improve your Wi-Fi network with what you would have spent on DAS.
I don’t anticipate in-building public safety network requirements to drive installation of multi-provider systems. Ignoring any specific or implied code requirements that the two systems be separate, supporting multiple service providers, technologies, and bands will drive up the installation cost and short the system life-cycle substantially over what would be required to support public safety alone. On a large scale, the price difference will likely continue to discourage DAS for cellular coverage. Chuck Enfield Manager, Wireless Systems & Engineering Telecommunications & Networking Services The Pennsylvania State University 110H, USB2, UP, PA 16802 ph: 814.863.8715 fx: 814.865.3988 From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Pete Hoffswell Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 12:47 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Current state of DAS in Higher Ed? Hiya - What is the current state of DAS in Higher Ed? Are you using DAS systems on your campus? For coverage or capacity or both? Glad you did? I'm interested to hear stories. We have a few LEEDS buildings that are quite Faraday cage-like. Wonder if we should explore DAS, wait for wifi-calling, or what.... - Pete Hoffswell - Network Manager pete.hoffsw...@davenport.edu <mailto:pete.hoffsw...@davenport.edu> http://www.davenport.edu ********** 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/.
