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Thursday, January 09, 2003
West Point Creates Campus Wireless Network After Overcoming Security Issues - FLORENCE OLSEN, Chronicle
The U.S. Military Academy, in West Point, N.Y., has begun using wireless networks in its classrooms -- but only after conducting extensive research on security hazards and waiting two years for fast wireless technology to become available. West Point officials believe the wireless network they now have is secure, which makes it unlike most wireless networks on college campuses. But to secure the network, West Point had to pay about $625,000, about five times what the network itself cost.
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