Atlanta’s First Charter School Deploys Xirrus Wi-Fi to Increase Learning

Dec. 8, 2010 - PRLog -- Xirrus®, the leader in high performance Wi-Fi that delivers the most coverage, bandwidth, and user density in the industry, announced today the deployment of Xirrus high performance 802.11n Wi-Fi Arrays Campus-wide at Drew Charter School, the city of Atlanta’s first Charter School. Drew Charter School boasts excellence in education with one of the highest rates of improvement in both the city of Atlanta and the state of Georgia and competes with some of the best public and private schools in the state. Growing at a rapid pace since opening in 2000, Drew Charter School’s award-winning 105,000 square-foot building employs nearly 40 teachers and educates over 850 students each year. Selecting Xirrus was an easy decision because Xirrus is the only Wi-Fi vendor capable of providing the same Quality of Service as a wired network campus-wide for its students, faculty, and visitors.

Speaking about their decision to deploy Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays, Paul Steen, the Technology Manager for Drew Charter School said, “We were looking for the same kind of connectivity wirelessly as we have with our wired infrastructure. We looked at about 5-6 vendors. To have the coverage I have now with Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays, I would have needed 70-80 additional access devices along with a couple of controllers – it would have been cost prohibitive to place an AP in every classroom. By deploying Xirrus, I saved considerably on infrastructure costs while gaining the coverage and density needed to connect every student wherever they are.  Currently we have nearly 400 notebooks and netbooks all connected to the Xirrus Arrays.  The density and coverage is fantastic – words cannot describe it.”

Paul continued, “Once I met with Xirrus and learned about the architecture of the Array, I was confident that their solution would make integrating a wireless infrastructure painless. We were up and running in one day with no problems - it was quite impressive. Since we are the first charter schools in Atlanta, we have a lot of people coming onsite to tour the campus - being able to easily configure the Array to offer guest access to the Internet while securing the schools confidential information is now a reality. Unlike other vendor’s products, it took me less than a day to learn how to configure and manage the Xirrus solution. Everything works flawlessly and we’re totally satisfied!”

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