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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Jumping in the way-back machine to Circa 2004 – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Wireless was B only at the time, and someone at a company wanted to deploy 900 desktops and 900 wireless phones (call center even).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>After 298 access points got installed (basically 1 AP to ~ 3 cubes), and numerous hours spent on wireless surveys, troubleshooting etc., the whole thing was scrapped because it wasn’t feasible with the bandwidth available on B only radios, especially when things like Windows updates were occurring.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>That being said, today I still wouldn’t consider going all wireless simply because there isn’t enough radio space available to account for people’s habits, even with N or AC. I help maintain several hundred+ AP deployments of Cisco, Aruba and Juniper wireless. Even when the network is stable I can still see occasional glitches and slowdowns when kids in a school all run into the lunchroom with their iPads/iPods/Android devices. Yes you can use the Class of service features, but an overload is still an overload and there’s only so much that can be done.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I’d say wait until AC + WiGig (60Ghz spectrum) get sorted out in more detail before considering cutting this particular cord.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> cisco-voip [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lelio Fulgenzi<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 29, 2015 11:53 AM<br><b>To:</b> Cisco-voip (cisco-voip@puck.nether.net)<br><b>Subject:</b> [cisco-voip] cutting the cord... going wireless<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><br>Has anyone deployed a wireless only voice deployment, either as a retrofit or greenfield?<br><br>I'm going to be leading a discussion that considers "cutting the cord" so to speak and one thing that will come up will be phones. I know that Cisco has a few(?) wireless options for desk sets, but considering the pervasiveness of mobile devices, maybe this isn't even an issue?<br><br>Any information or feed back would be greatly appreciated.<br><br>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>---<br>Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<br>Senior Analyst, Network Infrastructure<br>Computing and Communications Services (CCS)<br>University of Guelph<br><br>519</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:black'>‐</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>824</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:black'>‐</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>4120 Ext 56354<br><a href="mailto:lelio@uoguelph.ca">lelio@uoguelph.ca</a><br><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ccs">www.uoguelph.ca/ccs</a><br>Room 037, Animal Science and Nutrition Building<br>Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>