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| Thread ID: 119900 | 2011-08-16 00:05:00 | Can anyone else see an issue with this? | nedkelly (9059) | PC World Chat |
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| 1223538 | 2011-08-16 00:05:00 | computerworld.co.nz | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1223539 | 2011-08-16 00:12:00 | Not specifically? There's a *ton* of data passing through the network that they quote, so I presume that's not just limited to internet access, which these access points *will* be (Probably just VLAN'd off from the rest of the network). Aside from that, they spent a hell of a lot of money to do what they've done. $1,000,000 on cabling! Interesting they say "no cellphones", kids ain't gonna be making phone calls in class, yet many tablets have SMS functionality built-in, which is what the students will be doing with Cellphones anyway?! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1223540 | 2011-08-16 00:23:00 | Well the network will be able to handle it but what about the firewall setup? If everyone is on at once could it block the undesirable sites and p2p traffic? |
nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1223541 | 2011-08-16 00:35:00 | had to be in auckland | GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 1223542 | 2011-08-16 00:49:00 | Biggest school in the country. At least they aren't dictating what device has to be used by the student, unlike a school not too far north of them... | johcar (6283) | ||
| 1223543 | 2011-08-16 01:18:00 | Yeah, the system gets shut down after 3 months due to copyright violations. $1.5 million for 3 months of use and abuse. Great taxpayer value. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1223544 | 2011-08-16 01:21:00 | I don't see where the issue is? As long as they have someone half-competent managing their network there should be no issues. Most (all?) decent tertiary institutions already have similar campus-wide wifi, as do many businesses etc, why not a high school? That's the way things are going, connected education. | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1223545 | 2011-08-16 01:36:00 | Yeah, the system gets shut down after 3 months due to copyright violations. $1.5 million for 3 months of use and abuse. Great taxpayer value. Of the $1.5m how many percent of it has gone to personal pockets, one way or another?:D |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1223546 | 2011-08-16 01:42:00 | Yeah I went to Unitec, theirs was *terrible*. The QoS sucked horribly, the network was patchy as anything. Hell, in the IT common room, we couldn't even get Wifi! How useless!! Just because there's somebody managing it doesn't specifically mean they're qualified, competent, or even interested in doing that kind of thing at all :p |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1223547 | 2011-08-16 01:43:00 | Of the $1.5m how many percent of it has gone to personal pockets, one way or another?:D None, I would think. Huge school. Very switched on BOT - and auditors swarming everywhere I would imagine. With a school that size, anything they do will entail wodges of cash that other schools can only dream about. And they will definitely have financial controls in place. It is mischievous to suggest otherwise - especially with no evidence of potential misdeeds. |
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