AT&T has joined Cal Poly’s 5G Innovation Lab, which will expand wireless coverage in Poly Canyon, according to the university. Certification for the network was completed Aug. 5 after testing by an AT&T approved vendor. The certification process includes performance checks and 911 service verification.
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Cal Poly looks toward a campus fully run by 5G networking
As Cal Poly campus data and network traffic ever-evolves, Wi-Fi and Ethernet capacities on-campus are slowly losing their ability to carry new information without stealing bandwidth from classrooms that need it, Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Bill Britton said. Wi-Fi can’t carry the amount of data traffic that Cal Poly is […]
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“Sometimes I wouldn’t be able to log on to the portal”: How poor internet connection is creating problems for students taking online classes
Now, a week into fall quarter, Cal Poly students and staff are fostering cooperation and communication to work around technology barriers.
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Students experiencing WiFi outages say it has severely impacted their studies
With many students returning home without access to the technology and WiFi Cal Poly’s campus already provides, some students have experienced technical difficulties that have severely impacted their studies. “There wasn’t anything that I could do, and I kinda just had to wait it out and hope that the Internet would come back on,” business […]
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Some Spectrum customers to lose wifi due to severed fiber cable
Some San Luis Obispo Spectrum customers lost access to wifi and cable when a contractor hit a fiber cable on Madonna Rd. around 10 a.m. this morning, according to a news release from Charter Communications. Spectrum is working on site to repair the fiber line, but they do not know how long it will take to […]
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RIP SecureMustang Wireless — eduroam WiFi here to stay
Information Technology Services (ITS) replaced SecureMustangWireless and WifiSetup Sept. 8 with a new “eduroam” network.
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Why Cal Poly WiFi “sucks” — and how IT is planning to fix it
On the last day of Fall 2018 classes, 40,329 individual devices connected to SecureMustangWireless, Cal Poly’s WiFi network, 1,968,592 total times. Split evenly, each device would have to reconnect to the network about 49 times. That is a lot of reconnecting.
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30-Minute Update: Arrest numbers following Blue-Green rivalry game, candidates for Dean of Students hold open forum
Mustang News anchors Juliet Saunders and Daniel Park update you on Mustang News’ biggest stories this week.
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30-Minute Update: Students will be paying more to graduate, Cal Poly class brings digital libraries to Micronesia
Mustang News anchors Allison Edmonds and Allison Royal update you on Mustang News’ biggest stories this week.
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‘Super’ WiFi and Cell Service over airwaves
Ever been stuck in a classroom with no cell service? How about trying to find wifi on a road trip or hotel? There is a light at the end of the tunnel; a really bright light.