And, if you've got AT&T (and the grandfathered unlimited plan), they start to
shun you after 2Gb. In addition, there are many providers who have a limited
data plan.
On 03/07/2012 01:17 PM, leo song wrote:
> Assigning smart phones to specific subnets which has short DHCP lease
> time doesn't seem like a long term or sustainable solution, we are
> trying to implement PAT on campus wide wireless networks soon to address the
> public IP shortage challenge, while keep fingers across for the tracking &
> logging issues.
>
> On the other hand, I am just pondering whether those smart phone
> really require campus wireless services in the long run, or they'd better off
> to carrier?
Some of us (probably the minority at this point) have lousy cell coverage on
campus.
> I am hoping there will be some in-depth analysis of research on this,
> especially on the client expectations and costs comparison perspective.
Certainly from the point of view of the user (student, faculty or staff), it's
cheaper to spend less money on a smaller monthly data plan (or none at all?)
and try to connect to wifi whenever possible if there's no extra charge from
the school (or coffeshop, or ...) for wifi access.
~c
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