BYOD-grade Wi-Fi at college scale
How a further education college built wireless that performs when thousands of personal devices are on it at once.
High density, high expectations
Example College runs large sites with thousands of students, most carrying their own devices. The existing wireless could not cope with peak density.
The challengeWi-Fi that buckled at peak
At the start of lectures, when everyone connected at once, the network slowed to a crawl. BYOD was a stated policy the infrastructure could not actually support.
The solution
High-density design
Wireless designed for college-scale density, including lecture halls and social spaces.
BYOD-ready
Capacity and policy built for personal devices as the norm, not the exception.
Room to grow
Headroom designed in so the network scales as the college grows.
Managed service
Proactive monitoring and a named support team.
What changed
- Over 2,000 concurrent devices supported
- Reliable performance at peak connection times
- BYOD that the infrastructure actually supports
- Headroom for continued growth
How it ran
Density survey
Measured real peak load across the sites.
Capacity-led
Designed for BYOD density, not headline coverage.
Phased rollout
Upgraded with minimal disruption to teaching.
Monitored
Managed and tuned on an ongoing basis.
What made it work
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