Wireless installations for school Internet access

Author

Devine, Timothy A. ; Anderson, Greg

Author_Institution

TAMSCO Res., Albuquerque, NM, USA

Volume

7

fYear

1998

fDate

6-9 Jan 1998

Firstpage

691

Abstract

Schools (K-12) in the US have been asked under the Federal Government´s Goals 2000 program to provide Internet access to all students by the year 2000. It is a worthy goal but funding so far has been inadequate. We have used a cost effective approach to help schools stretch their budgets. We have designed computer networks to connect entire school districts using wireless technology that provides high bandwidth with very low recurring costs. We demonstrate the success of three wireless installations and analyse their cost effectiveness relative to leased line networks

Keywords

Internet; cost-benefit analysis; educational technology; government policies; mobile communication; mobile radio; 2000 program; Federal Government; US; computer networks; cost effective approach; cost effectiveness; leased line networks; school Internet access; school districts; students; wireless installations; wireless technology; year 2000; Computer networks; Costs; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Internet; Local area networks; Microwave communication; Radio frequency; US Government; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 1998., Proceedings of the Thirty-First Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kohala Coast, HI

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8255-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.1998.649271

Filename

649271