One of the largest projects of the AN-MSI grant was implementation
of advanced wireless systems on three tribal reservations in North
Dakota and Montana. These state-of-the-art wireless systems provided
20Mbps bandwidth to form backbones around the reservations, enabling
connection to the Internet for remote learning centers on other
parts of the reservations. A distance record of 27 miles for this
type of equipment was set at one of the sites. The backbones provide
the capacity for eventual use for Voice over IP, collaborative teaching
and other advanced applications. The company performing the system
analysis, design and implementation is Dandin Group, headed by Dewayne
Hendricks, a highly-regarded leader in the wireless industry (do
a Google search on his name for confirmation). He is at dewayne@dandin.com
and 510 870 1533.
AN-MSI also funded several projects for implementation of 45Mbps
wireless systems to enable campuses to reach outlying buildings
or campuses, and to implement secure 802.11b campus wireless local
area networks or subnets. Considerable expertise has been developed
among the campus networking staffs that could be made available
to other schools.
Lastly, ECF has found a company that will install 802.11x campus
wireless local area networks at its expense, with no upfront funding
required from the school. It has a per license fee structure based
on the number of users per semester that is proving very attractive
to schools that want to implement wireless to serve their students,
faculty and staff but are financially unable to do so. The company
is WiSE Technologies, www.wisetechnologies.com.
Gary Murray II is the president, at 1 877 WiSE 321 and gmurray@wisetechnologies.com.
