As of right now we are only doing wireless backstage and in the ticketing booths. There is some bleed over into the audience section, but we are not trying to cover an entire theater. Haven’t been asked to do this as of yet. All of our theaters have been in place for years and getting this done now would be a nightmare. If a new theater was coming up I would probably do the design work and get the pipes to the correct places so that we would have the option to do something in the future.
Thanks, Jason Mallon | Network Engineer III [/var/folders/h2/r448cc4j4_v70yns10brx6r00000gq/T/com.microsoft.Outlook/Content.MSO/90F25235.tmp] OIT The University of Alabama <https://www.ua.edu/>jemal...@ua.edu<mailto:jemal...@ua.edu> [/var/folders/h2/r448cc4j4_v70yns10brx6r00000gq/T/com.microsoft.Outlook/Content.MSO/8434B70B.tmp] From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> on behalf of "Bull, Mary" <mb...@wm.edu> Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 11:44 AM To: "WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU" <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Theater wifi - to have or not to have Hello all, I’m wondering if anyone here has dealt with a decision on wireless in the theaters, concert halls, or recital halls on their campus. We have a new arts complex coming on line in the next two years and there’s no clear direction from faculty on whether wireless for the audience is desirable. The previous main theater, and other currently used theaters on campus, did/do not have full connectivity for the audience (just a few aps tacked on the walls that were useless when the room was full). Facilities planning is favorable toward building it in, so I’d prefer that too, especially since it would be much harder or impossible to install if the faculty changes their mind in a few years once the building is complete. However, I’m not sure whether there is really an expectation from the audience that they should have wifi when they attend a show or concert. Has anyone dealt with this on their campus? What influenced your choice? Mary Bull William and Mary 757-221-2491 mb...@wm.edu ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community
