My apologies, I wasn’t implying the students were being, for lack of a better word, cheap, but that it was a systemic problem – from the manufacturers who refuse to put in the dual-band 2.4 / 5 Ghz radios, to the stores that sell them, to the people that buy them. It’s like buying a car, the paint color is the last thing that should matter, but for most people, it’s priority 1.
From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hunter Fuller Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2017 1:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 2.4 vs 5 Also, I think saying that students "save $30 on the laptop buying it with just the 2.4 radio" implies an unrealistic degree of involvement in the technical aspects of buying a new computer. If people thought this way, I think we would see this problem less often, because everyone loves fast Internet connections. But those selling the computers are, more than likely, unable to articulate the benefits of the 5GHz card, if they even know which computers have them at all. On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 11:43 AM Wyatt Schill <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Certainly not an option for us, being a community college means a lot of low income students. Possibly why I still see several handfuls of iPhone 4 phones (circa 2010) on my wifi. Lots of 2.4 only devices, and I don’t see that changing for a while. Wyatt Schill Senior Network Engineer CCNP–R&S : CCNA-Security Green River College 12401 SE 320th St. Auburn, WA 98092 From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Danny Eaton Sent: Tuesday, March 7, 2017 7:20 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 2.4 vs 5 I see so many IoT devices that are 2.4 only; as well as the students save $30 on the laptop buying it with just the 2.4 radio (but it’s 802.11n!) that many of them come that way as well. We’re testing a “Rice Owls” (dual band) and a “Rice Owls 5 GHz” (uhm, 5 GHz only, of course) in limited areas, and so far, the results are positive. From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Coehoorn, Joel Sent: Monday, March 06, 2017 10:45 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 2.4 vs 5 We still have a lot of devices (especially low-end smartphones) that only have 2.4 radios. <http://www.york.edu/Portals/0/Images/Logo/YorkCollegeLogoSmall.jpg> Joel Coehoorn Director of Information Technology 402.363.5603 <tel:(402)%20363-5603> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Please contact [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> for technical assistance. The mission of York College is to transform lives through Christ-centered education and to equip students for lifelong service to God, family, and society On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Oliver, Jeff <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Folks, just wondering how many PSI’s have successfully turned off your 2.4 and gone 5GHz only? And how much blowback? Cheers, Jeff --- Jeffrey L. Oliver Manager, Network and Telecommunications Information Technology Services The University of Lethbridge 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4 Tel: 403.329.5162 <tel:(403)%20329-5162> Mob: 403.315.4461 <tel:(403)%20315-4461> URI: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Web: <http://www.uleth.ca/information-technology/> http://www.uleth.ca/information-technology/ ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss. !DSPAM:109,58bf0ba4151611282212335! ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss.
