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Inter-Building Wireless
 In Spring of 1999, Infrastructure, Telecommunications, and Networks operation implemented a functional and feasible Wireless infrastructure solution on experimental basis to connect Physical Plant to the main campus. Going from a shared 33kbps modem to a 2Mbps connection was a major boost to solving the connectivity problems of our colleagues at Physical Plant. The experiment was a success and since then inter-building wireless has been the choice for connecting remote campuses because of its high speed and no monthly cost. These remote campuses do not have institutional fiber or other wired media to connect to the main campus network backbone. A T1 based connection of equivalent bandwidth would cost thousands of dollars per month besides the expensive interface devices required on each side.
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