We’ve installed a fair amount of outdoor wireless and tried to take advantage of existing mounting points or designed them into new work on Campus. We use a mix of poles that have our emergency phones and cameras, the sides of buildings, or in parking lots installed poles specifically for outdoor wireless. On a major reFirb of our sports fields we’ve put in an infrastructure that gives us a ½ dozen points where we can install wireless, security cameras, and a few wired connections. We’ve had really good luck with the deployments so far.
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