Hi, For those of you who offer public wi-fi, do mind sharing how you made it happen? What were the barriers you had to address? Visitors are asking for free wi-fi at SAM but our IT department is holding back because of resource issues, I think it has to do with bandwidth.
Christina -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Morgan, Matt Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:41 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Reasons for providing public wi-fi At Brooklyn Museum our philosophical rationale was largely community-based, but our funding rationale was mostly about collections database access for staff in storerooms and galleries--there was sort of a three-pronged approach of * VPN access to network from anywhere in the building * gallery technology like kiosks and handhelds and ... * general public access. Matt -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Steward, Jeff Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 12:25 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Reasons for providing public wi-fi Hello all, For those of you that offer public Wi-Fi at your institution what were your reasons for doing so? Was it just as a perk to your visitors or was there something more to it? Thanks, Jeff -- Jeff Steward Architect for Applications Development 617-495-0785 jeff_steward at harvard.edu<mailto:jeff_steward at harvard.edu> Harvard Art Museum 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 www.harvardartmuseum.org<http://www.harvardartmuseum.org> _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/