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Wireless Everything at Dartmouth
hende_jman writes "Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire is condensing its phone, cable TV, and Internet services all into Wi-Fi, as reported by the New York Times (free registration required). The project, which started in 2001, has added 1400 WAPs and 24,000 wired ports. All that, and cost effective too."
Those poor Dartmouth students... The future is here!
Lenina Huxley: I was wondering if you would like to have sex?
John Spartan: With you? Here? Now?
[Lenina nods]
John Spartan: Oh, yeah.
[after futuristic, contact-free "sex"]
John Spartan: I was thinkin' we could do it the old-fashioned way.
Lenina Huxley: You mean... *fluid transfer*?
Even though contact-free "sex" sounds lame I'm sure wireless beer would be something to rave about!
What will those crazy kids think of next? Wireless radio?
Brilliant! Brillant!
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
*24,000 wired ports rounded down to 0 for sake of discussion.
Damn, wireless television... I can't beleive that this hasn't been done before...
...means DoS attack on entire dorm
"The possibilities are really endless," she said.
How about...ooh, wireless line breaks.
Take off every sig. For great justice.
If the wireless cable TV carries over the air channels.
What if someone is digging a hole through the air and cuts their wireless connection? What then, huh?
This is unfair competition with BellAtlantic. I predict lawsuits when users demand to be given a choice.
Won't this give them all brain cancer?
The problems seem endless.
sigs, as if you care.
use your neighbors network.
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
Nothing works quite as well as a good, old-fashioned bundle of wires.
P.S. no connection to the AirPwn folks myself; I just think their particular demonstration project was eff-ing hilarious.
-paul
Pistol caliber is like religion: everyone has their favourite, and theirs is the only right choice.
...1400 WAPs in a small geographic area contributes to 2.4GHz sterility in males and females.
However, notes an unidentified Dartmouth sophomore interviewed at March 30 mixer, "most of us are into one-night stands anyway, so this'll make it less risky. Hell -- you're assuming we're getting any in the first place!"
Although students seem OK with sterility, Dartmouth human resources is retrofitting all faculty and staff cubicles and offices on campus with tin foil.
IronChefMorimoto
now the 2.4ghz phones get to interfere with their own connection!
Would you expect anything less from the college that inspired animal house?