Cellular service on the campus has long been frustratingly patchy, but OIT hopes agreements with AT&T and Verizon to build antennas on the campus can help solve the problem.
Earlier this semester, AT&T agreed to provide a temporary light-weight antenna while they work to improve reception on and around the campus in other ways. The company originally was in negotiations to provide a Cell-on-Wheels - essentially a mobile cellular antenna - but instead will build a minimally obtrusive antenna pole that looks somewhat like a giant Q-Tip. Verizon Wireless installed a similar antenna in Hornbake Plaza last fall.
