We partnered with all our local municipal transportation services to implement NextBus (http://nextbus.com) route information technology.
NextBus uses GPS and 3G backhaul to provide location and arrival time information that is accessible by the web, SMS, and voice. On our campus buses (Cambus) we are rolling out Wi-Fi service (it's an option NextBus offers). It just went live this fall, so we don't have a lot of feedback yet. It will be separate SSID from our regular campus wireless service. Our website is http://ebongo.org (Bongo is short for "Bus on the go"). -Neil -- Neil Johnson Network Engineer Information Technology Services The University of Iowa 319 384-0938 neil-john...@uiowa.edu > -----Original Message----- > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Lee H Badman > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 9:33 AM > To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi on campus buses > > When we looked into it, the bus company wasn't interested as they can't > do every bus and rotate the busses that get used on campus. Also, our > commutes are pretty short in general. And... The growing number of > smartphones does make it less interesting of an idea. > > -Lee Badman > ________________________________________ > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Randall C Grimshaw > [rgrim...@syr.edu] > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 9:13 AM > To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi on campus buses > > 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/. > > ********** > 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/.
