Lee,
Our thoughts and planning on this subject started about the time I read your
email. :)
I have not given any thought to this before but your email has raised questions
as to what we might need to consider going forward. Considering how we would
implement something like this in our
Hi Don-
I agree on the costs. I'm thinking opportunistically, like where a major
re-work or new building might be in work versus retrofit. There's a lot of
technical and philosophical points to be considered, for sure.
-Lee
From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
Hi group!
Back when we initially deployed I had discussions with the building guys, esp.
the Elevator team. Back then, our main goal was seamless voice over wifi.
I was told that it was (at least in my province and country, Quebec, Canada)
against Safety Code IV to put any such device in the
For the elevator, I was recently at one of the newer state-of-the-art Kaiser
Hospitals here in California, and they have a AP on each floor, positioned at
the ceiling and close to the entrance to the elevators. Coverage inside the
elevator was great.
For stairwells, you probably need to
Our newest building, completed in 2013, has network drops in the stairwells,
but a good fireproof caulking to seal the cabling seemed to satisfy the
inspection. If you think about it, there are power cables for lights, low
voltage cabling for fire alarms, etc in stairwells; why would an
It's a really great question just considering new/major re-work. I'm wondering
if the elevator manufacturers might start remodeling the elevators to allow for
wireless access points in addition to the emergency phones already required. To
that point I wonder if it will eventually become part of
