C Spire:
WHAT: | C Spire and Jackson Preparatory School have joined forces to make the Flowood school Mississippi's first academic institution to receive new, state-of-the-art dedicated Wi-Fi infrastructure that provides super-fast and secure wireless Internet coverage across the 74-acre campus. The hosted Wi-Fi solution features over 100 access points in classrooms, study halls, learning labs and elsewhere on campus and is supported by C Spire's fiber optic technology. | ||
The technology solution allows students and faculty in every classroom to have simultaneous access to web-based interactive learning material, widespread online testing and mobile educational apps. One element called TeacherView allows teachers to see, manage and control students' connection status instantly and seamlessly. | |||
WHEN: | Wednesday, January 15, 2014 | ||
SATELLITE DETAILS: | Video b-roll highlights of the comprehensive hosted high-speed Internet solution in classrooms, study halls, common areas and meeting rooms to be sent at 3:15 p.m. and 7 p.m. CST today and at 4 a.m. CST tomorrow morning (Thursday, January 16) as indicated below: | ||
Galaxy 17 (C-Band)-18 MHz | |||
Transponder-10C Lower | |||
Uplink Frequency: 6116 | |||
Uplink Polarity: Horizontal | |||
Downlink Frequency: 3891 | |||
Downlink Polarity: Vertical | |||
Symbol Rate: 13.235 | |||
FEC: ¾ | |||
QPSK | |||
MPEG-2 | |||
HD Feed | |||
WHO: | -- Denny Britt, COO, Jackson Prep | ||
-- Laura Bishop, Head of IT, Jackson Prep |
C Spire
Dave Miller, 769-798-7725
dnmiller@cspire.com
or
Jackson
Prep
Vicki King, , 601-939-8613 ext. 261
vking@jacksonprep.net