Westside Union School District Delivers High-Speed Internet Access to Every Classroom With Proxim Wireless Solutions
29 11월 2004 - 10:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Westside Union School District Delivers High-Speed Internet Access
to Every Classroom With Proxim Wireless Solutions Combination of
Proxim ORiNOCO Access Points and Tsunami BWA Systems Delivers
Reliable and Affordable District-Wide Access SUNNYVALE, Calif.,
Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Proxim Corporation (NASDAQ:PROX),
a global leader in wireless networking equipment for Wi-Fi and
broadband wireless networks, today announced that Westside Union
School District, a K-12 district based in Lancaster, California,
has deployed a wireless network based on Proxim's Wi-Fi and
broadband wireless equipment. Using a combination of Proxim ORiNOCO
AP-4000s, and a range of Proxim Tsunami Broadband Wireless Access
(BWA) systems, the school district, which serves over 7,000
students, has implemented a high-speed wireless network that links
ten schools and a district office, and provides Internet access to
every classroom in the district. Like many school districts,
Westside Union struggled with meeting ambitious goals on a limited
budget. The district wanted to upgrade its existing infrastructure
to provide higher speed connectivity, support an increased number
of users and give every classroom Gigabit capacity and Internet
access. In addition to a tight budget, the district had to grapple
with logistical issues including temporary, portable buildings and
physical obstacles such as retaining walls between schools that
made traditional, fiber-based solutions cost-prohibitive. To
further complicate matters, a multitude of wireless DSL providers
broadcasting in the district's area were clogging the 2.4 GHz
frequency, making it an unreliable broadcast medium. To overcome
these challenges, Westside Union deployed Tsunami point-to- point
and multipoint BWA systems, offering speeds of 60 to 100 Mbps,
between each school and the district office. The Tsunami systems
used the 5GHz frequency to avoid interference and increase
reliability. The district then ran CAT 6E wiring in most of its
classrooms to provide Internet access to the students' desktops.
The exceptions were those schools housed in temporary structures;
for these buildings, the district deployed ORiNOCO AP-4000 access
points to deliver high-speed access to the classrooms. In addition,
AP-4000s were deployed in each of the school's multipurpose areas,
such as gymnasiums and auditoriums, to give students and staff
Internet and network access. Today, administrators can access the
network and the Internet on any school campus, just as if they were
sitting in the central district office. All classrooms have
high-speed access, so that students have a wealth of resources at
their fingertips. Wi-Fi access in the multipurpose rooms enables
easy set-up for special events and presentations and Wi-Fi in the
cafeterias is now used to transfer point of sale information from
the cafeterias to the district office. Finally, the new network has
greatly reduced the maintenance and support burden for the
district's IT staff. IT personnel can now maintain the wireless
network remotely, saving time and money. "We recognized that giving
every classroom Internet access was a significant challenge, given
our limited resources and budget," explained Mark Peterson, Network
Manager for Westside Union School District. "But we had some
previous experience with Proxim's products and were impressed by
their reliability and performance, as well as the company's savvy
technical support team. Working with the Proxim team, we deployed a
network that met our requirements to a tee. The results are
dramatic increases in the speed and reliability of the network,
huge productivity gains for our district's staff and improved
learning for our students." "This is an excellent example of a K-12
district making the most of a limited budget to meet ambitious and
innovative technology goals," said Ben Gibson, vice president of
corporate marketing for Proxim. "With our wireless solutions, the
district overcame significant obstacles including undesirable
geographical locations, the inclusion of temporary structures and
the interference associated with some wireless frequencies. With
its creative deployment of Proxim Wi-Fi and broadband wireless
solutions, Westside Union now serves as a model for other districts
that want to bring their students and staff the benefits of
high-speed wireless access." Plans for future expansion in the
district include the building of four new schools, all of which
will require connection to the district office and the same
high-speed Internet access now available at the district's other
school sites. About Proxim Proxim Corporation is a global leader in
wireless networking equipment for Wi-Fi and broadband wireless
networks. The company is providing its enterprise and service
provider customers with wireless solutions for the mobile
enterprise, security and surveillance, last mile access, voice and
data backhaul, public hot spots, and metropolitan area networks.
This press release and more information about Proxim can be found
on the Web at http://www.proxim.com/ . Safe Harbor This press
release may contain forward-looking statements as that term is
defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from Proxim's expectations in these statements. For additional
information regarding risks relating to Proxim's business, see
Proxim Corporation's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003
and Forms 10-Q for quarters ended April 2, 2004, July 2, 2004 and
October 1, 2004. Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other relevant
materials filed by Proxim with the SEC. Proxim assumes no
obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking
statements. DATASOURCE: Proxim Corporation CONTACT: Sylvia Clark of
Proxim Corporation, +1-408-542-3357, ; Lori S. Hultin of LSH
Communications, +1-818-879-4651, , for Proxim Web site:
http://www.proxim.com/
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