St. Bede's College Replaces Wired Connections


Founded in 1938 by the De La Salle Brothers, St. Bede's College is a 7-12 grade all boys catholic school located in Mentone, Australia overlooking the Port Phillip Bay. St. Bede's College has a strong tradition of academic and sporting excellence and recently began deploying netbooks to faculty and students to better facilitate the education by bringing IT into the classrooms for their more than 1,330 students.


Requirements
  • Ability to replace wired connectivity with wireless
  • A stable and distributed connectivity to high density areas
  • Minimum devices installed and less energy consumed
  • Ubiquitous and dependable coverage with no dead spots<

Benefits
  • Customizable implementation with 75% reduction in access points required
  • Limitless capabilities in the classroom with sufficient bandwidth and reliability
  • Significantly reduced overall cost compared with any other vendor
  • 5-year HW warranty

Savings
  • Ratio of Wi-Fi Arrays to traditional APs
1:4
  • Number of additional access points saved
102
  • Number of additional cable runs saved
102
  • Number of switch ports that saved
102
  • Average power savings per year (kWh)
7,096