Such connections would require far too many repeating antennas between schools and the District Office to be cost effective. A Traditional wiring schemes are faster, less costly, and more scalable than wireless technology. Most wireless technologies run from 2 to 4 Megabits per second. The wired technology we will be installing will initially operate at 10 Mb per second and is currently scalable to 100 Mb per second without replacing the wiring. Research is currently underway to allow this same wiring to accommodate transmission speeds of 1000 Mb or greater.
Wireless technology is convenient, but impractical.
We have chosen to distribute server based activities throughout the District by providing a server at each location. Instead of a single point of failure, the load of network services is distributed throughout the District. Should one of the servers fail, only users attached to that server are affected. The services provided by the failing server can often be rerouted to another while repairs are being performed. There are several types of clients available for individual networks throughout the District.