04-17-2004, 04:00 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,186
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Most Unwired College Campuses
"Intel's "Most Unwired College Campuses" survey ranks the top 100 [U.S.] schools for wireless computing access. The survey reveals a growing number of schools across the country where students have the freedom to wirelessly access the Internet on notebook PCs [or Pocket PCs -PL] - without a traditional wired connection - and stay connected and informed whether they're in the dorm room, library or outdoors at the campus quad."
The top five colleges are:
�Indiana University - Bloomington, Indiana
�Purdue University - West Lafayette, Indiana
�The University of Texas at Austin - Austin, Texas
�Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland, Ohio
�Dartmouth College - Hanover, New Hampshire
"The "Most Unwired College Campuses" survey findings are based on the number of hotspots, the number of undergraduates, number of computers and the computer to student ratio. The results were also based on the percentage of each college campus that is covered by wireless technology. The data was collected from university interviews and documents, and a variety of industry sources."
I live near the Claremont Colleges in California, where there are five undergraduate and two graduate schools on adjacent campuses. Walking my dog through the grounds several months ago revealed that most of the colleges were covered with a patchwork of WiFi networks with surprisingly few dead spots. Of the seven schools, two appear on this list: Harvey Mudd College at #21, and Pomona College at #82. How does your school stack up?
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04-17-2004, 04:29 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 241
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Go UT Austin campus!!! cough cough, and baylor and trinity
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04-17-2004, 05:32 AM
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Theorist
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 268
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My school, Cal Poly, isn't on their. 
-arebelspy
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04-17-2004, 05:46 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 30
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I went to Pomona
I went to Pomona College and graduated in 2002. They were just starting their wireless access plans. It's good to see that they're doing pretty well. I'm kinda surprised that Harvey Mudd isn't higher on the list....They already had a lot of coverage when I was going there.
ChuckyRose
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04-17-2004, 06:02 AM
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Executive Editor, Android Thoughts
Join Date: Aug 2006
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WooHoo - UA is at #7 - Go Zips (See Avatar for Zippy the Kangaroo). Sadly, I'll be going to The University of Toledo in the fall for graduate school, and they aren't on the list at all. Have to keep teaching at UA to keep the wireless access!
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04-17-2004, 06:10 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 449
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Sweet, both the schools I'm looking at are on there! CMU is #6, but Wash. U in St. Louis is only #53,  Some of the other results surprised me, MIT at #26, RIT at #98, GIT at #100, Cal-Tech not even on the list? A lot of the schools on there are liberal arts schools, I would have expected the engineering schools to be higher, anyone else find the results a little odd? Ohh, and does anyone know of a list of most technologically advanced schools? Thanks
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04-17-2004, 06:15 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 118
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I do not attend Case, but have been there many times. It is a niiiccceeee campus. Its unbelievable how modern everything is.
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04-17-2004, 06:23 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 28
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wow, my school (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) is number 23. that's cool considering i use it every day.
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04-17-2004, 06:32 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 216
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One thing that could hurt some schools is the fact that the results were partially based upon the number of undergraduates, number of computers and the computer to student ratio.
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04-17-2004, 06:32 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 29
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unsurprisingly, my school SUNY Albany ISNT on there But u get what u pay for
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