We included an expandable DAS in our Children’s Hospital 2 years ago as it was a requirement and the goal was to use this head end to expand it into existing buildings as well as college an research areas. Now the migration of this traffic to Wi-Fi makes us have to re-think expanding this service. The issue as always is timing. The hope is that all consumer cell devices will be able to support a Wi-Fi connection and are we willing or able to wait for that while our users demand services. It used to be the carriers responsibility to get their service to their customers. Not any more it seems.
Right now we are considering expansion of the DAS as a standard or installing some femtocell type technology to put out some “spot fires” until the transition to Wi-Fi if that happens. I have always said to invest in the Wi-Fi because you will end up investing in it in the end. You may as well get the advantage of a well-designed and provisioned Wi-Fi network sooner rather then later. John Cosgrove Wireless Network Staff Specialist Penn State Hershey Medical Center and Health System Penn State College of Medicine 140 Sipe Ave Hershey, PA 17033 Phone: 717-531-6131 EMail: jcosgr...@hmc.psu.edu<mailto:jcosgr...@hmc.psu.edu> Web: http://pennstatehershey.org<http://pennstatehershey.org/> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Pete Hoffswell Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 1:47 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/.
