Trent's Wall-to-Wall WIFI Project
Good Afternoon All,
One of the initiatives presented in the Strategic IT Plan was a commitment to expand the WIFI currently available across Trent University. Our commitment is to ensure that there is “complete” WIFI coverage by the end of April 2016. Complete for the purposes of this initiative is defined as;
- WIFI coverage that extends to every corner of every Trent building
- WIFI coverage that is sufficiently robust to handle Trent spaces where a high density of users can exist
We are delivering this project in two phases. Phase one of this initiative began on May 1st of this year and is planned for completion on April 30th, 2015. Phase two of this project will begin on May 1st, 2015 and is planned for completion on April 30th, 2016.
Phase one will see us expand our number of access points by 50% by adding 66 new access points. Access points will be deployed to increase coverage and density in the following areas;
- Bata Library (All Floors)
- Gzowski College, including; Gzowski 114, 115, 117, the performance space, and the cafeteria
- Otonabee College, including; Wenjack Theatre, cafeteria, and the main floor open space
- Science Complex, including; SC137
- Champlain College, including; the Champlain Lecture Hall
- Lady Eaton College, including; LEC 201
- All college offices, including those in Trail and Oshawa
We currently have contractors on campus pulling new cable to accommodate this expansion. Please give these contractors your co-operation as they do their work. If you have any questions about this project, please do not hesitate to contact myself or any member of my team regarding this initiative.
We will be releasing a project website in the next number of weeks that will present drawings depicting the existing and planned, to be completed, coverage in all buildings for phase one.
Thank You