Friday, March 2, 2007
Details were released by the University Information Services for the wireless Internet expansion project. The completion date is set for December 2008.
Strong, Wescoe and Fraser Halls will be the first buildings to receive wireless.
The expansion, which has a price tag of $2.6 million, will begin immediately, said Denise Stephens, vice provost of Information Services and chief information officer.
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When the expansion is completed, we will have close to 100 percent coverage.
Denise Stephens, vice provost of Information Services
The new blanket of wireless will be in all academic areas, such as classrooms, academic labs and common rooms, Stephens said.
Student Senate passed a bill on Jan. 31 securing funds for the initiative. Students will see an increase in campus fees of $5 each semester for the next five years, which will be about $254,000 a year.
The University agreed to match student funding and foot the bill for operations and maintenance.
With funding in place, work will begin on the back end, Stephens said.
The first stage of the project will likely go unnoticed. It begins by setting up the technical equipment changes to support the expansion, Stephens said.
“The campus currently receives about 16 percent wireless coverage,” Stephens said. “When the expansion is completed, we will have close to 100 percent coverage.”
Allison Lopez, public relations and marketing manager for Information Services, said there will be 700 new wireless access points installed during the expansion, increasing total access points to 900.
Stephens said the expansion came at the right time.
“This reflects the time we live in,” Stephens said. “People want access to networks and their information wherever they are.”
Clay Turner, Tulsa, Okla., senior, agreed that students should be able to access the Internet no matter where they were on campus.
“Sometimes the signal in Wescoe is so low you can’t get access,” Turner said.
Lopez said a larger list of buildings getting the expansion will be available later this spring.
Kansan staff writer Ashlee Kieler can be contacted at akieler@kansan.com.
— Edited by Will McCullough
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