I believe WiFi calling will be the future and these "small cell" systems will be phased out. I know a network engineer at AT&T and they are really pushing the WiFi calling for these situations.
On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Smith, Todd <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I know that there are many Cisco wireless networks on this list and I > wanted to see if anyone is using the Small Cell Solution with their > existing Cisco wireless network. Here at the Charleston Area Medical > Center, we are an Extreme shop and have been happy with it for years, but > increasing cellular issues and outright refusal of wireless carriers to > participate in a DAS has let us few choices. > > One partial solution was discussed on the list, a couple of weeks ago > under the topic of Wi-Fi Calling. This is another approach which is > possibly replace our existing wireless network with a combined > Wi-Fi/Cellular system. I am asking the list if anyone is currently running > such a solution and how it works for them, both the good and the bad. > > I will summarize for the list if respondents want to remand anonymous, but > I am looking to try to get some honest feedback on what will probably be a > difficult install. Even if it works perfectly, none of my network > management solutions and purchase/service agreements will work and it would > all be brand new. Brand new is not a show-stopper but it is also not > trivial either. > > Todd > > > > ====================================================================== > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this > message may > be privileged and confidential. If this e-mail contains protected > health information, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited, > except as permitted by law. If you have received this communication in > error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message > and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. > > ********** > 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/.
