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Re: WiFi only residence halls
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Justin R. A. Horm)
Tue Mar 28 08:01:31 2017
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Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 07:41:20 -0400
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While we have not been transitioning to wifi-only buildings, I will say that we have been purchasing cheaper used networking equipment instead of brand new switches for student housing locations. The utilization of the wired infrastructure by students just does not warrant the cost of new equipment. Of course, this does not take into consieration the cost of pulling wire, but it is always cheaper to pull it during construction than afterwards, should it be needed in the future for one reason or another.
I do like the idea of setting up lounges with the ability to accomodate gaming.
Justin R. A. Horm
Senior Network Manager
St. John's College
Annapolis | Santa Fe
410-295-5552
On Tue, 28 Mar 2017, McHugh, Noel wrote:
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> As we plan for constructing a new residence hall, our budget is tightening faster than expected. Apparently the
> construction boom in Seattle has greatly increased costs since the project was budgeted.
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> I¢m considering specifying a WiFi only network for the new building, instead of the WiFi plus one port per pillow
> network that I¢d like to have. We have less than 10% wired jack utilization at the moment, I expect that demand
> to drop, and it seems that if we could provide a high performance WiFi network with some wired ports in gaming
> lounges that we could have satisfied residents in the 2020s.
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> Is anyone running a WiFi only building? If so, how¢s that working out?
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> Thanks,
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> Noel McHugh
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> Residential IT Manager
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> The Evergreen State College
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