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May 12, 2008
Washington County School District Deploys Xirrus Wi-Fi
By Niladri Sekhar Nath TMCnet Contributing Editor
Washington County School District (WCSD) has deployed Wi-Fi
network for all 41 public K-12 schools in association with Xirrus, a provider of high performance Wi-Fi and the designer of the patented Wi-Fi Array.
Xirrus will be delivering wireless network access to over 22,000 students in the Utah communities of St. George, Washington, Santa Clara, Ivins, Hurricane, LaVerkin, Dammeron Valley, Central, Veyo, Pine Valley, Leeds, Hildale, Virgin, Enterprise, Springdale, Toquerville, and Winchester Hills.
“We conducted substantial testing of several Wi-Fi manufacturers, but found only the Xirrus Wi-Fi Array capable of supporting the heavy loads from our wireless computer carts,” said Charlie Roberts, Technology and Media Director at WCSD. “We were very impressed with the user capacity and bandwidth of the Wi-Fi Array, it is easy to install and provides the flexibility needed for our growing wireless population.”
The WCSD district-wide Wi-Fi deployment will provide students and faculty with high-speed wireless network access for real-time collaboration and e-learning to further enrich the district’s curriculum and extend reference materials to students where libraries are limited. The Xirrus Wi-Fi network deployment has already started at seven schools with the remaining schools being completed as soon as possible.
“We are pleased to work with Washington County SD, to supply their students and faculty with the best Wi-Fi network available today,” said Chad Frisby, regional director at Xirrus. “Unlike other Wi-Fi vendors, IT administrators can quickly attach our Wi-Fi products to the wired network, supplying large student populations with high speed network access from a single cable drop, saving the district time and money.”
Niladri Sekhar Nath is a contributing writer for TMCnet covering telecommunications, service providers and networking. To see more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.
Don’t forget to check out TMCnet’s White paper Library, which provides a selection of in-depth information on relevant topics affecting the IP Communications industry. The library offers white papers, case studies and other documents which are free to registered users.
network for all 41 public K-12 schools in association with Xirrus, a provider of high performance Wi-Fi and the designer of the patented Wi-Fi Array.
Xirrus will be delivering wireless network access to over 22,000 students in the Utah communities of St. George, Washington, Santa Clara, Ivins, Hurricane, LaVerkin, Dammeron Valley, Central, Veyo, Pine Valley, Leeds, Hildale, Virgin, Enterprise, Springdale, Toquerville, and Winchester Hills.
“We conducted substantial testing of several Wi-Fi manufacturers, but found only the Xirrus Wi-Fi Array capable of supporting the heavy loads from our wireless computer carts,” said Charlie Roberts, Technology and Media Director at WCSD. “We were very impressed with the user capacity and bandwidth of the Wi-Fi Array, it is easy to install and provides the flexibility needed for our growing wireless population.”
The WCSD district-wide Wi-Fi deployment will provide students and faculty with high-speed wireless network access for real-time collaboration and e-learning to further enrich the district’s curriculum and extend reference materials to students where libraries are limited. The Xirrus Wi-Fi network deployment has already started at seven schools with the remaining schools being completed as soon as possible.
“We are pleased to work with Washington County SD, to supply their students and faculty with the best Wi-Fi network available today,” said Chad Frisby, regional director at Xirrus. “Unlike other Wi-Fi vendors, IT administrators can quickly attach our Wi-Fi products to the wired network, supplying large student populations with high speed network access from a single cable drop, saving the district time and money.”
Niladri Sekhar Nath is a contributing writer for TMCnet covering telecommunications, service providers and networking. To see more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.
Don’t forget to check out TMCnet’s White paper Library, which provides a selection of in-depth information on relevant topics affecting the IP
Communications industry. The library offers white papers, case studies and other documents which are free to registered users.
