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Improving South Hall Wi-Fi for Students
1. •Problem with wireless internet in south hall
•How it affects students
•Statistics on college student internet usage
•Wi-fi vs. Wired + Speed Tests
•Why it’s important for this to be fixed
•Workflow
•Education
•Solution
•Side effects of solution
•Counter-Arguments
•Conclusion
2. The Problem
Wireless internet in South Hall
Very slow speeds
Low student satisfaction
○ South Hall residents
Wireless internet is a necessity
Dead Zones
○ Signal Strength
○ Low connectivity
Unstable connections
3. How it affects students
Online work is often inaccessible
Blackboard
EIT Majors often dorm here
Ethernet cables required
Expenses
Comcast Internet
Dropped connections
Interrupts workflow
Frustrates students
Creates feeling of unreliability
5. Importance of Solution
College students work
Blackboard
South hall
○ Technology oriented
Costs
○ College students budget
○ Unintended expenses
Education
○ Utmost importance in college
6. Solutions to problem
Solution 1
Upgrade the wireless bandwidth
○ Cost vs. Usability
○ Easy to upgrade and manage
Solution 2
Install more routers in South Hall
○ Fairly Inexpensive compared to other
options
○ Creates a stronger connection to rooms
8. Conclusion
Wrap-Up
Re-Identify possible solutions
Propose steps for setting up
solutions
○ Assistance?
Questions/Thoughts/Concerns
THANK YOU!
Editor's Notes
-Introduce self/explain problem-Give a brief overview of the topics covered -Show, not tell that this is something that is not only affecting me, but others as well
-Took a survey of the students living in south hall -Overall satisfaction was poor or very poor quality -90% of students were very unsatisfied with the wireless internet -100% of students believe that it should be improved (based on survey in south hall) -Wireless internet is important to students – especially in south hall -Many places around the doom have an extremely poor signal or you might not be able to get a signal at all -After you get a connection, you often will be unable to stay connected -Frustrating for students
-Gives an overview of why this is a problem to south hall residents -Lists issues that are relevant to students work -EIT Majors aka major users of internet tend to dorm here -Creates a negative experience for students living here -If you want a decent connection you will need ethernetcables -Some people prefer wireless and don’t want to induce extra cost-If you want reliable internet – Comcast, you will be spending more money you didn’t plan to spend -Router/Modem will cost even more money (40-100 dollars for a decent one) -When you lose connection to the internet, you can lose part of the work you have done -Disconnecting from Virtual Machine can result in total loss of your work -If your connection is dropped while you have good workflow, it can interrupt this and you may not be as willing to work at another time
-This slide is for the comparison of speed tests to give an example of why this environment is unable to be worked in -The dorm speeds are both unstable and not as fast as other internet -It would take hours to download things on the dorm wireless internet -The wireless internet may have good upload, but without good download speeds you can’t do anything -Wired internet is more reliable but for wireless devices wired is useless -Dorm wireless can’t be accessed in certain areas -Wireless pales in comparison to wired -It was difficult to even perform the speed test on wireless -How can others work if I can’t do a simple speed test?
-Further explains why this issue is something that needs to be solved ASAP -Defines WHY this issue is meaningful -Blackboard courses require internet access – without this, students can’t do assignments -South hall includes many of the computer majors, many require access to Virtual Machines to use software -If you don’t have access to the VM’s then you are unable to access programs sometimes required for your work -With the costs of college, it is important to provide students with the necessity of good wireless internet in these days and times -If students want good wireless internet, they will have to spend additional money or go elsewhere to obtain it -Students on a strict budget may be unable to do so -Can negatively impact a students ability to learn and acquire an education -Bad-rep for the college
-Slide will propose a couple of solutions and respond to possible counter-arguments -Explains why this solution is the best idea and why it would be more desirable to be implemented -The wireless bandwidth shouldn’t cost the college a large amount of additional money -Upgrading the bandwidth is as simple as pushing a button, with the technology UALR has it should be easy to manage -Installing more routers in south hall will allow rooms between the current routers installed to have a much better connection (such as myself) -The cost of this would be an one time cost and would be a comparatively low cost compared to any other solution -Very easy to install more routers in the halls
-This slide helps give background information on how internet has changed over time -Shows that internet is more widely used now than ever before -In 2002, 74% of students surveyed used the internet more than 4 hours a week -% of internet usage for students to do various things online is higher than the general population -Compared to now, this is most likely 90%+ -Elaborates on why it is important to students -Internet is an important part of college life and staying connected to each other -Internet is pretty much a necessity for doing upper level work -82-99% of people own a cell phone – which needs a wireless signal for many functions
-In conclusion, the wireless internet in south hall desperately needs to be fixed. It is unsuitable for general student use. -Student satisfaction is low, causes more problems due to being unable to connect-Upgrade the bandwidth or install more routers -Neither of these should be too costly -Plan of action: map out places to place routers/test higher bandwidths to see if it helps problem -Offer assistance if available-Finish off by asking if there are questions/thoughts/concerns -Respond to any further counter-arguments-Thank IT department for their time
