Week of November 29-December 3, 2004
. The extra bandwidth has meant an increase of up to 20 additional hours of computer time per student per week, double what they had previously (is that a good thing?). CISD says the network was cheaper and installed in 1/3 the time that it would have taken to install fiber. This is the first install in a deal with IBM to start offering Proxim equipment as a wireless solution for customers. —November 30, 2004
says that its AP-4000 units and a mix of its Tsunami Broadband Wireless products serve as the basis for the new wireless network covering the entire Westside Union School District (K-12) of Lancaster, Calif. The network links ten schools and a district office serving 7,000 students—Internet access is now available in every classroom in the district. What’s interesting is that the network access at the client level—the student’s desktop—is Ethernet (except for those in temporary structures). The main wireless is the 5GHz Tsunamis used for backhaul, which were installed because the 2.4GHz spectrum in the area is clogged up by competing wireless broadband providers. Four new schools are being built in the area soon, and all will connect to the district office with wireless.—November 29, 2004
Week of November 22-26, 2004
will be expanding its cellular and Wi-Fi backhaul in eight cities—Su Zhou, Wu Xi, Chang Zhou, Zhen Jiang, Yang Zhou, Nan Tong, Tai An, and Huan An— found in the 100,000 square kilometer Jiangsu province on the southeast coast— the home of 70 million people. The network will be installed by Vyyo, a company that also works with competitors China Telecom, China Unicom, China Netcom and China Railcom.—November 23, 2004
Week of November 15-19, 2004
that offers access to 25,000 hotspots in 44 countries and regions, with Connexion only the latest. They expect roaming without extra charges to start in December.—November 18, 2004
of Seattle. Coverage includes all 152 guest rooms and 6,000 square feet of meeting space. DONOBi provides the access and has created a Web-based management interface for hotel use to track and manage each room’s access. —November 18, 2004
of Dallas. They bought out WaCool.net, and now have control of all 100 of its subscribers. Earlier this month, they bought out My Linux ISP of Houston. —November 18, 2004
Week of November 8-12, 2004
will soon be offering Wi-Fi. The owners of the centers located in the western states of California, Oregon, Washington, and Nevada have an agreement signed with NextPhase Technologies to install service in five southern California centers as a test for quality and performance. They expect to have that done this month. No word on price, but the two will split any revenues. —November 11, 2004
, which recently went public talking about its mesh networking equipment, says it will be rolling that hardware out on the campus of the Edith Cowan University in Australia, which they claim is the first mesh network Down Under. The setup will cover 168 buildings, and will be available to all 23,000 students, plus staff and faculty. —November 11, 2004
will do the installation.—November 9, 2004
Week of November 1-5, 2004
Another school going wireless, using equipment from Chantry Networks, is Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada. It will have 30 subnets, and serve 2,250 students plus staff, faculty and guests, all run by two Chantry BeaconMasters with 175 BeaconPoint APs.
One more school, this time in Paris: the American University of Paris (AUP), the oldest American higher learning institution in Europe (since way back when Kennedy was president) is using an Airespace switch to run the wireless for students, faculty and staff on its campus. The network was deployed by Cyber Networks.—November 3, 2004