{"id":34786,"date":"2018-09-14T14:49:29","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T20:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=34786"},"modified":"2018-09-25T09:38:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T15:38:42","slug":"campus-wi-fi-expands-to-shuttles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=34786","title":{"rendered":"Campus Wi-Fi expands to shuttles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_8227.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-34789\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_8227-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_8227-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_8227-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_8227-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_8227-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_8227-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Three shuttles are now equipped with Wi-Fi as part of an ongoing effort to increase coverage across campus. Students, faculty and staff will now be able to use the same campus Wi-Fi rather than personal data while riding shuttles six, 11 and 12.<\/p>\n<p>The shuttle initiative is a collaboration between the Office of Information Technology and Parking &amp; Transportation Services. Over the summer, they ensured the access points could be powered and anchored down, along with training shuttle drivers on the basics of powering the points when a shuttle is in service.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/oit\/form\/bus-wifi\">An online survey<\/a> is live for students, faculty and staff members to provide feedback that could eventually lead to expansion of the Wi-Fi to other shuttles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach response is reviewed by our team and feedback is taken seriously,\u201d Donovan Thorpe, wireless network manager, Office of Information Technology, said.<\/p>\n<p>So far, student feedback has been mostly positive in the surveys, with only a few reports of unsatisfactory service levels during the ride.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany factors can influence the overall quality of a shuttle rider\u2019s Wi-Fi experience, including the number of people on the bus, amount of Wi-Fi traffic all riders are generating at one time and the signal quality of the cellular modem uplink for the access point on the shuttle,\u201d Thorpe said.<\/p>\n<p>Riders can expect basic web browsing (checking emails, news headlines, etc.) but should not expect to be able to successfully stream large, high-definition videos or anything requiring high data throughput.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope the continued feedback is based around the realistic limitations and expectations of the Wi-Fi service being tested,\u201d Thorpe said.<\/p>\n<p>In the future, Office of Information Technology hopes to expand the Wi-Fi to the pedestrian spine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Three shuttles are now equipped with Wi-Fi as part of an ongoing effort to increase coverage across campus. 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