Since the beginning of the semester, students and faculty alike have complained about the reliability of the Ole Miss wireless network. The Daily Mississippian ran a column in September of this year pointing out the seemingly lackluster state of the network and its capabilities, and things got so bad at one point that students at the Residential College actually began to petition the housing committee to do something about the wireless situation.
The petition, which was started by Adam Kronenberger, the co-chair of the Residential College’s involvement committee, aimed to call out the housing committee to fix problems involving both slow and sometimes completely broken internet in the building.
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The petition, which was started by Adam Kronenberger, the co-chair of the Residential College’s involvement committee, aimed to call out the housing committee to fix problems involving both slow and sometimes completely broken internet in the building.
“If you want to help out [with] getting the internet connection faster, email housing at housing@olemiss.edu with your complaint,” read Kronenberger’s call to arms, which was distributed via email to all students. “The more complaints there are the more likely it becomes that there will be a change.”
It seems that there has been a change recently, as many students are reporting that videos and other content now load at an acceptable speed, and they're finally able to access their online homework using the building's wireless connection.
“My connection was never like a dinosaur,” said RC resident Clinton Simon. “But it has definitely gotten better.”
Dr. Daniel O’ Sullivan, The UM Residential College Senior Fellow, says that a rearranging of network load was the major reason that the internet connection improved for those living at the RC.
“The IT guys moved certain rooms in the building like the Classroom, Dining Commons, and Computer lab onto different network access points,” he told me.
But not everyone living in the RC has noticed a major improvement in the network. Take for instance RC student Austin Lavinghouse, who says that he has seen almost no improvement in the network:
Earlier this semester I asked John Supple, a UM Network analyst, about the situation, and he attributed the problem to a small budget and lack of attention from higher ups in the university. He simply suggested that students continue to petition, in order to try to draw attention to the issue.
Mr. Supple was unavailable for comment about the continuing state of the wireless problem for certain students.
Sources:
John Supple
John Supple
Network Analyst
662-915-5306
Daniel E. O'Sullivan, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow of the UM Residential College
662-915-669
Adam Kronenberger
Involvement Committee, Co chair, Residential College
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