There was a similar thread some time ago regarding wi-fi on the busses for sports teams. I was hoping that someone would chime in... but the gist was that there are cellular routers with more than one usb/card slot that provide automatic failover - and you have two (or three) carriers. I would think that you sort the carriers in the queue in some reasonable way to reduce costs/risk/load.
Randy From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Hector J Rios Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 9:07 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi on campus buses We were asked to look into it but never did it. I don't know of any other way to provide the service but to do WiFi router with a cellular back-haul, like you said. And just specify it is best effort. I think that's the best you can do. Unless you want to beef up the cell coverage with DAS, but then your costs start increasing. Hector Rios Louisiana State University From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Jamie Savage Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 9:44 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi on campus buses Hi, We have two main campuses with a regularly scheduled shuttle bus running between the two. We've been asked to look into providing WiFi service on this bus. It appears the solution is a WiFi router with a cellular back-haul (3G?). If anyone is doing this I'd appreciate any comments as I see a number of issues......spotty cellular along the route (ie. service disclaimer required),, user density vs. available bandwidth (Netflix!!)....etc. ........thanks in advance...............J James Savage York University Senior Communications Tech. 108 Steacie Building jsav...@yorku.ca<mailto:jsav...@yorku.ca> 4700 Keele Street ph: 416-736-2100 ext. 22605 Toronto, Ontario fax: 416-736-5830 M3J 1P3, CANADA ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
