RE: Theater wifi - to have or not to have

If there is no clear decision, at least have the cabling infrastructure ready. Yahya Jaber. Sr. Wireless Engineer IT Network & Communications – Engineering Building 14, Level 3, Rm 308-WS07 KAUST 23955-6900 Thuwal, KSA Email yahya.ja...@kaust.edu.sa Office +966

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Howdy, I'm watching the signal bar on our Cisco 8821 Wifi VOIP phones bounce up and down like they have signal issues and are changing AP's. It appears cosmetic as looking at the actual signal on the phone, and data on the controller. It's stable. No issues with phone calls either. In

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Theater wifi - to have or not to have

Mary, Our goal is to cover occupied spaces indoors with a standard density deployment. We deploy high density for large auditoriums/classrooms that have a primary or significant use by the campus population. We lean on the building/venue management and department heads for “specialty” Wi-Fi

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Theater wifi - to have or not to have

I designed a bunch of auditorium and theaters’ Wi-Fi during my days at Univ. of TN. If you do it, do it well, or don't do it at all. Otherwise it will cost you in support/complaints/reputation. And get with the sound system people of those large venues before you lay your spectrum!

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Theater wifi - to have or not to have

Add one counter-opinion. I tend to believe you **WILL** want coverage here, and probably very soon; it's just what modern students expect. But at the same time, this can be a very costly project just because "someone will need it someday". **DO** add the switching and network drops to support

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Theater wifi - to have or not to have

Put it in while you can indeed to what Michael said. And funny point about the “student expectation at times is unrealistic” as my co-worker overheard a girl saying recently the “Wi-Fi” sucks, when her friend asked her why, it was because it drops off under a 4 direction walk-way under-pass

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Theater wifi - to have or not to have

Not only do most students expect it, universities push their online learning platforms, performers appreciate it and you can hand them “on the cheap”, but there’s always the possibility that some are going to be used for convocation ceremonies…meaning lots and lots of happy grads and

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Theater wifi - to have or not to have

I can think of some performers who have actively encouraged their audience to take pictures/videos and share them (live) on social media. Having decent connectivity obviously can support such activities. Install it! Tomo | Infrastructure Architect | Information Technology – Operations and

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Theater wifi - to have or not to have

Add me to the “install it” list as we’re going through this exact thing with our theater department. They have pushed back with concerns that “people would be using devices instead of watching the performances”. But that venue is used for more than just plays and we can’t stop people from

RE: Theater wifi - to have or not to have

I’d install it, you can always disable SSIDs in those areas to prevent people from using it, but I’d bet there will be something that will require it sooner rather than later. Thanks, Jason R. Benedick IT Generalist Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Office: (717) 391-6957 Cell: (717)

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Theater wifi - to have or not to have

Several years ago, the University of Minnesota gutted and redid the big ~3000 seat auditorium on the Twin Cities campus, Northrop Memorial Auditorium. One of the driving factors to put WiFi in the auditorium space came from consultants, who emphasized the importance of social media. We had to hide

RE: Theater wifi - to have or not to have

We installed wireless in our big auditorium on campus several years ago because it gets used for the occasional event where wireless is useful. We have recruiting and large scale campus visit events in there and sometimes have participants fill out online forms and applications during sessions

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Theater wifi - to have or not to have

We just had a new arts building come online in a very similar scenario. One of the biggest pains for us was dealing with the acoustic, aesthetic, and monetary constraints of getting wireless into some of the acoustically engineered concert halls. Our campus standard is for wireless coverage in

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Theater wifi - to have or not to have

There was never any question, we have always offered wireless in these locations. However, none of ours are old enough for the word "historic" to be involved, so we have it pretty easy. -- Hunter Fuller Router Jockey VBH Annex B-5 +1 256 824 5331 Office of Information Technology The University

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Theater wifi - to have or not to have

As of right now we are only doing wireless backstage and in the ticketing booths. There is some bleed over into the audience section, but we are not trying to cover an entire theater. Haven’t been asked to do this as of yet. All of our theaters have been in place for years and getting this

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On our campus wireless is always expected every where, whether in theater halls, parking lots, classrooms or outside walking between buildings. The students expectation at times is unrealistic, when it gets to off campus apartments in the neighborhood. Put it in while you’re doing the

RE: Theater wifi - to have or not to have

Put it in while you can. Better to have and not need versus the opposite. Never know when some event will need it. Lee Badman | Network Architect (CWNE#200) Information Technology Services (NDD Group) 206 Machinery Hall 120 Smith Drive Syracuse, New York 13244 t 315.443.3003 e

Theater wifi - to have or not to have

Hello all, I’m wondering if anyone here has dealt with a decision on wireless in the theaters, concert halls, or recital halls on their campus. We have a new arts complex coming on line in the next two years and there’s no clear direction from faculty on whether wireless for the audience is