Are Wireless Networks the Wave of the Future?

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

Proponents say the technology offers more flexibility for students and professors

Is the idea of the "wired campus" already tired? The next big technology, say some college administrators, will be wireless networks that let students and professors connect to the Internet with radio waves instead of cumbersome cables.

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The Wireless Revolution - October 13, 2000
Wireless Network May Enable American U. to Unplug Phones in Dorms - May 24, 2002
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