Three Things You Need To Know About Campus WiFi Networks

1. Institutional campus high-speed WiFi access networks are relatively cheap to setup compared to the private campus fiber-based backbone networks. For example, it is possible to setup a WiFi network to serve 5,000 users with only Kes 3 million if the campus backbone network is in place. The backbone of a campus of 5,000 users on the other hand costs upwards of Kes 45 million, 15 times more than the WiFi network! 

2. Wireless campus WiFi networks enhance the learning, research and innovation environments of your campuses.  Students and faculty and researchers expect the campus WiFi network to provide FREE unlimited and high-speed access to educational and research resources (it is a digital library) without being interrupted by advertisements (Bundles are not good for learning or research). It is therefore best if the campus environment remains private and is not converted to a FREE Wifi hotspot by the commercial operators.

3. Any Commercial and FREE public WiFi hotspots on your campus reduce the speed of your institutional private WiFi network because of what is called "network noise". It is important to adopt a policy of reducing "network noise" from competing public WiFi with infrastructure within the campus for the benefit of your users. Protect and clean your campus learning, research and innovation environment.