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Re: Students\parents who object to wireless?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Osborne, Bruce W)
Fri Sep 2 07:32:10 2011
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Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 07:28:07 -0400
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From: "Osborne, Bruce W" <bosborne@liberty.edu>
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Caroline,
Sorry, I cannot offer much help, but just a couple of related experiences
Back when we had our older APs, we had an objection from a Science professor about the AP in his office, concerned about the radiation. Since this was an office area rather than a student area, we ended up removing the AP.
The only other similar issues I have heard about concerned one of our Dorm buildings. The six story building has some cellular antennas on top. If a parent objects to their student being on the top floor, the student is usually relocated.
Sorry I cannot be of more help.
Bruce Osborne
Wireless Network Engineer
IT Network Services
(434) 592-4229
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
40 Years of Training Champions for Christ: 1971-2011
-----Original Message-----
From: Caroline Couture [mailto:caroline@pobox.upenn.edu]
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 6:17 PM
Subject: Students\parents who object to wireless?
Hi Folks!
It doesn't happen often but again this year we have a student\parents who have objected to having an access point in the room. Our access points are wall-mounted with no cover in the room.
Do you fine in such cases? How much?
What have you done in this situation?
We do have language in the student handbook about not vandalizing the ap and have a cost, @$50.00, associated with tampering.
We have, jokingly, thought about about just covering the box and telling the family that they are "protected." But that seems both disingenuous and also seems to encourage not proven ideas.
We could perhaps move the student but we would have to talk to our housing folks about moving him. The other incident we had the student refused to be moved.
We could have the ap moved but that might cause coverage problems in the area. We also have a cost recovery model in place so someone would have to foot the bill for moving the ap and any changes to wiring.
It seems to me that this may be a growing problem with people conflating wireless and the possible issues with cell phones and also more and more people having a deep distrust of technology and those who say such tech is safe.
Thanks for any insight you can provide.
Caroline
Use what seems like poison as medicine. Use your personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings. -- Pema Chodron
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