EDUCAUSE | VOIP

Accelerating Wireless Internet and Voice over Wireless at the UA

drupal — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:59:01 -0600

An internal loan repaid by a student technology fee allowed the University of Arizona to accelerate a wireless Internet and voice over wireless (VoFi) project. In 16 months, the UA was able to deploy an 802.11a/g network supporting VoFi covering over 7M square feet of indoor and outdoor space.

UMB's Road to VoIP: Financial Analysis

drupal — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:38:55 -0600

Various financial models that were looked at will be presented and discussed in great detail with input from the audience. UMB's evaluation of vendor solutions and subsequent decisions will be presented and justified. Analysis of monthly rates, construction and retrofit costs, modifications to billing systems, and coordination with facilities staff will be covered.

FCC asked to bar cellular carriers from blocking SMS traffic

ckeller — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:40:38 -0600

A handful of public-interest groups have filed a petition (PDF) with the Federal Communications Commission asking it to prevent cellular service providers from blocking text messages from advocacy groups and advertisers. Filed by Public Knowledge, the Consumers Union, EDUCAUSE, Free Press, and four other groups, the petition cites a couple of recent examples of text-message blocking by cellular carriers.

Increasing Performance While Decreasing Cost: Converging Communications with VoIP

drupal — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:42:38 -0500

Facing an aging telephone copper plant and rising provider costs, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania implemented a multicampus VoIP system to save more than $1 million over a five-year period while substantially upgrading functionality in the process. This presentation will outline the entire VoIP conversion process, from the planning stages through funding, implementation, and training.

Going VoIP

ckeller — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:44:41 -0500

"IHEs are at different points when it comes to VoIP, but many see the same benefits, and face the same challenges."

IP Communications—Converged Voice and Data

drupal — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:13:41 -0500

The State University of New York (SUNY) Cortland voice and data communications systems were outdated and operating at capacity, with no expansion capabilities. The private branch exchange (PBX) voice communication system was nearly two decades old and was at 99 percent capacity. The six-year-old 155 Mbps ATM backbone flat data network with 10-megabit shared links to the desktop had no redundancy capability and required components that were no longer supported by the vendor. Traditionally data and voice networks have been separate, requiring two different infrastructures with separately trained staff to manage them. For voice communication equipment changes and service moves, an outside vendor performed costly onsite manual wiring changes involving untimely scheduling requirements. The existing network did not support 4-digit dialing and would almost immediately become overwhelmed by multicasting (communication between a single sender and multiple receivers). SUNY Cortland wanted to improve the system and more effectively serve students and parents calling for information about registration, financial aid, and other issues. Educational technology requirements were advancing as faculty and student sophistication increased, and it was becoming increasingly important for communications system to manage video and high-bandwidth applications and file sharing.

A Survey of VoIP Security Practices in Higher Education

drupal — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:37:32 -0500

This presentation will discuss the results of a survey and informal poll of the current campus network voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) security practices and products in higher education on both wired and wireless networks.

Missed Connections

drupal — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:55:59 -0500

Landlines are increasingly unused on college campuses. Does this have to mean revenue has gone missing as well?

A Survey of VoIP Security Practices in Higher Education

drupal — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 10:17:00 -0500

This presentation will discuss a survey and informal poll of the current campus network VoIP security practices and products in higher education on both wired and wireless networks.

Convergence Is Real

drupal — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:36:29 -0500

The future is set for convergence—for the integration of the communications and computing resources and services that seamlessly traverse multiple infrastructures and deliver content to multiple platforms or appliances. Campus IT organizations need to understand the trends in order to structure their services as the future evolves.