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Eduroam replaced UOG Wireless as the campus\u2019 internet connectivity network on Nov. 1, and this may be welcoming news for students and faculty who have experienced issues with the internet and Wi-Fi connection.<\/p>\n

Eduroam\u2019s internet operates at 150 megabytes per second\u2014an upgrade to the old connection speed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s designed for higher education research networks,\u201d said Rommel Hidalgo, UOG\u2019s chief information officer.<\/p>\n

Eduroam, a global education roaming internet connectivity service, was first developed by G\u00e9ant, the data network for the European Union and eventually implemented by Internet2, the data network for the United States.<\/p>\n

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This network transition comes with a multitude of benefits for students, faculty and staff that before had not been available.<\/p>\n

Prior to the implementation of Eduroam, students had to visit the UOG Computer Center and have their devices registered into the network. If students changed their devices, they had to return to the Computer Center to register those devices as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This is not so with Eduroam, which offers the conveniences of self-service and single sign-on. Students simply have to know their UOG email address and Triton Portal password to have wireless connectivity via Eduroam anywhere on campus on any device, using the same address and password for various academic accounts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Eduroam accounts\u00a0remain active for as long as a student attends UOG, and allows access to campus resources such as the Microsoft Office 365 system.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, being connected through this new network enables users to be connected to places around the globe that also have implemented Eduroam, such as the Philippines, Singapore, Australia, and the United States.<\/p>\n

For students who go off-island for academic research purposes, Eduroam is a useful tool.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor whatever research you\u2019re doing as a student, it gives you instant connectivity,\u201d Hidalgo said. \u201cIf you\u2019re a student and you need internet access outside of Guam, and you just happen to be near an Eduroam implementation, you\u2019ll suddenly start seeing your data access updating your mobile devices.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As an added bonus, this is good news for those who do not wish to pay often steep data roaming fees.<\/p>\n

Likewise, global visitors who utilize Eduroam, get instant connectivity from UOG.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Campus reacts<\/strong><\/p>\n

For computer science major Kristian Cercado, internet speed is not as important as internet reliability.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it keeps dropping, I\u2019m not saying that it has, but if that does happen I think that would be more of an issue for me,\u201d Cercado said.<\/p>\n

Hidalgo and his team are currently working\u00a0at renewing UOG\u2019s access points for improved capability and faster speed. They estimate that in 12 months, speed will be at one gigabyte.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Despite the supposed faster speed, faculty, staff, and students who are now connected with Eduroam say the connection seems to be having a few hiccups.<\/p>\n

Andrea Sant, Ph.D., division chair of English and Applied Linguistics, is experiencing issues in the classroom with tasks such as accessing Moodle and online teaching material.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve signed up for it on my laptop, and I tried to use it in my classroom and the problems that I experience are when I\u2019m trying to stream videos,\u201d Sant said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sant suggests a remedy for this issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would love to see the classrooms hard-wired with at least one monitor or one access to a point that isn\u2019t wireless,\u201d Sant said.<\/p>\n

Cercado feels that the internet speed is actually slower than UOG Wireless.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t as satisfactory as UOG Wireless, but it\u2019s still starting out,\u201d Cercado said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, he recalled having difficulties connecting to UOG Wireless in different areas on campus and is hopeful that Eduroam will remedy this issue in due time.<\/p>\n

For more information about the features of Eduroam, students can go to eduroam.uog. edu.<\/p>\n

The UOG Computer Center is open Monday through Friday from\u00a08 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. They also have a 24-hour support line at 735-2640.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eduroam replaced UOG Wireless as the campus\u2019 internet connectivity network on Nov. 1, and this may be welcoming news for students and faculty who have experienced issues with the internet and Wi-Fi connection. Eduroam\u2019s internet operates at 150 megabytes per second\u2014an upgrade to the old connection speed. \u201cIt\u2019s designed for higher education research networks,\u201d said … <\/p>\n