On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Howard, Christopher < christopher-how...@utc.edu> wrote:
> 3. They didn't want to run cable from the lights back to our network and > instead wanted to use EPB (our local ISP) fiber to just give them an IP on > the internet and we could just "open our firewall" to let them in. > This is an interesting idea, but... surely it would have been more expensive... would EPB deep discount this or something? One fiber run per lamp post?? Seems like it would be outlandishly expensive, not to mention impossible to maintain... Now if they could have let you use their fiber plant to get back to your network, maybe... but would even THAT have saved money? Cable isn't free... I know this was a scrapped plan, but it intrigues me nonetheless. -- Hunter Fuller Network Engineer VBRH M-9B +1 256 824 5331 Office of Information Technology The University of Alabama in Huntsville Systems and Infrastructure I am part of the UAH Safe Zone LGBTQIA support network: http://www.uah.edu/student-affairs/safe-zone ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
