Wireless technology is getting better everyday and the prices are falling.
You will not need the latest and greatest...aka...fastest wireless
connection if you are justing wanting to surf the internet.  The speed of
the wireless systems can be anywhere from less than 10Mbps on up to 108Mbps.
  This is dependent upon your equipment, the distance between workstations,
and even the materials that were used to construct your building.  A slower
system would be fine for email, internet access, and even sharing office
documents.  However, if you want to swap large files say larger than 10
Mb...like graphic files then you may want to go with a faster system.  They
key will be to get a good computer tech who will give you a free estimate
and not try to sell you much more than you need.  I am just getting ready to
leave the office so I may have left out some details.  Feel free to contact
me off the list you would like.

Trent Litchfield
Murray State University
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>From: [log in to unmask]
>Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Internet access for small institutions
>Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:46:22 EST
>
>Dear Listserve members,
>
>I am hoping to get some feedback on what other small non-profit
>institutions
>are doing to handle internet access.  The Historical Society of Princeton
>has
>5 full time staff members and each of us needs to use the internet more and
>more each day.  Currently, we only have dial up and it is becoming harder
>and
>harder to get our work done since only one person can be on at a time and
>it is
>so slow.  Our headquarters are in an historic house so we cannot get wired
>for
>cable access or anything like that.
>We have looked into DSL but in order to have all 5 computers connected, it
>requires a router and wires would have to be run between each computer.
>This is
>not really an option as the computers are all on different floors etc.
>Then
>there are wireless routers but they seem kind of expensive.  Of course, to
>complicate matters further, we have no budget for anything like this.
>Any advice or information you can give will be appreciated.  Thank you in
>advance.
>
>Marisa Morigi
>Collections Curator
>Historical Society of Princeton
>158 Nassau St.
>Princeton, NJ  08542
>(609) 921-6748
>
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