U.S. Wireless Installs Wireless Network Access at Millsaps College14 September 2005
U.S. Wireless Online, Inc., which owns and operates one of the nation's largest wireless Internet broadband networks, today announced that it has completed the installation of a wireless network at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi.
Millsaps College has joined the ranks of other progressive institutions of higher learning by being among the first to offer students, faculty and staff wireless network and internet access on its campus. The Millsaps College computer services department, in partnership with Jackson-based AIR2LAN, a division of U.S. Wireless Online, Inc., installed wireless network access in the Library, the College Center, the Bowl and Plaza, and the top two floors of Murrah Hall in the first phase of a project which will eventually cover the entire campus.
Wireless access adds a new dimension to campus technology by further enhancing the academic environment with a type of service many are used to having off-campus. Students, faculty and staff with wireless laptop or desktop computers now have secure, stable access to email, applications software, and the Web using their campus username and password.
The Millsaps technical services group, under the direction of technical services coordinator Blake Copeland, working with personnel from AIR2LAN, completed the project during an 8-week period prior to the start of fall classes.
"We are pleased and excited about taking the first step to becoming a totally wireless campus," said Richard A. Smith, senior dean of the College. "In so doing, we believe we will increase opportunities for innovative teaching by our faculty and enhance learning by our students. We also keep pace with the developments at other premier colleges and universities around the nation, ensuring that the teaching and learning environment at Millsaps College continues to be the best in the state."
The equipment utilized in the wireless project is being provided by Aruba Wireless Networks, which recently won out over rival Cisco to provide similar services to Microsoft Corporation on its Redmond, Washington campus and other locations. The Aruba equipment provides users with a 54Mb/s maximum connection rate using the 802.11g standard, which is the best wireless networking performance possible to date.
"We are pleased to partner with Millsaps College to achieve this important milestone," commented Samer N'Ser, Senior Vice President of Technical Operations for AIR2LAN, a division of U.S. Wireless Online, Inc. "The wireless network was selected for its many capabilities especially for increased use and security."
The arrival of wireless connectivity to the Millsaps campus is part of a broader network infrastructure improvement process that began in May, 2003. The goal of this process has been to ensure that the network services offered to students, faculty and staff are more competitive with comparable institutions. These improvements include the replacement of legacy network hardware with state-of-the-art switches and cabling, allowing for 100Mb performance to each desktop unit, an upgrade of core servers, the implementation of an Enterprise backup system utilizing nightly full data backups and enhanced network monitoring and security. Millsaps has invested over $500,000 in these improvements and stands ready to compete with peer institutions.
About Millsaps College Millsaps College, founded in 1890, is an independent national liberal arts institution affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Listed in the top tier of liberal arts colleges by U.S. News & World Report, Millsaps is located in Jackson, Mississippi, a metropolitan capital city of 425,000. Millsaps is the top-ranked liberal arts college in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama, and is among the top five colleges in the Deep South. Millsaps College is also the only Mississippi institution featured in the Fiske Guide to Colleges, and is cited as one of Loren Pope's 40 Colleges That Change Lives. For additional information, please check our website at http://www.millsaps.edu.
About U.S. Wireless Online, Inc. U.S. Wireless Online owns and operates one of the nation's largest wireless Internet broadband networks with a coverage area of approximately 3,000 square miles in an eleven state area including Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Kentucky, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. The Company provides wireless Internet access, VoIP telephony, and related applications and services in the rapidly growing wireless broadband industry. US Wireless Online is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, where it also owns and operates a carrier-grade network operations center (NOC). More information can be found at http://www.uswirelessonline.com.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Expressions of future goals and similar expressions reflecting something other than historical fact are intended to identify forward-looking statements, but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, market acceptance of products and technologies, competitive factors, the Company's ability to continue to secure sources of financing and other factors described in the Company's filings with Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligations to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this press release.
For more information on U.S. Wireless Online, Inc. please visit the Company's website at http://www.uswirelessonline.com or call (502) 213-3717.
Source: PR Newswire
All trademarks and copyrighted information contained herein are the property of their respective owners.
Related Articles
|