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A Wi-Fi outage early Friday morning was caused by a planned security patch, university officials said.

Security Patch Caused Overnight Wi-Fi Outage

By William Zhu November 13, 2017

A planned security patch to the Georgetown Wi-Fi network resulted in a wireless service outage from midnight to 6 a.m. on Nov. 10 that limited access to all campus networks in all but two buildings. The...

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Georgetown was the only university recognized as a winner of the Digital Edge 25 award, acknowledging the university for its innovation in technology around campus.

Wi-Fi Improvements Planned for 66 Buildings, Outages Expected

By Will Cassou October 20, 2017

Georgetown University plans to invest $120 million to upgrade Wi-Fi infrastructure in all 66 campus buildings, over the course of five years, through an agreement with Verizon Wireless. Improvements...

WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
The D.C. Council is considering bills that would put the city on track to establish public Wi-Fi and digital literacy services.

D.C. Council Considers Public Wi-Fi and Digital Literacy Bill

By Joe Egler September 26, 2017

The Washington, D.C. Council is considering two bills this week that aim to make public wireless internet available to city residents to promote digital literacy. These bills are intended to close...

Metro Expands Free Wi-Fi Services to the Red Line

By Marina Pitofsky April 21, 2017

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority officials announced Monday its plans to install wireless voice and data services in the first tunnel segment of the Red line, covering stops from Glenmont...

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Student organizations and outside businesses will be required to install their own Wi-Fi service in order to maintain compliance with new credit card industry regulations.

Student Groups Required To Install Own Wi-Fi

By Emma Kotfica March 24, 2017

Student organizations and outside businesses on campus accepting credit card payments will be required to provide their own Wi-Fi service next year to maintain compliance with credit card industry-imposed...

COURTESY JUDD NICHOLSON
Chief Information Officer Judd Nicholson previously worked for the U.S. Marshals Service as deputy CIO before coming to work at Georgetown.

Q&A: Judd Nicholson Promotes Technology’s Role on Campus

By William Zhu February 24, 2017

Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer at Georgetown Judd Nicholson talked with The Hoya about his background, current University Information Services projects and...

UIS Rolls Out Wireless Network

UIS Rolls Out Wireless Network

By Tait Ryssdal February 17, 2017

Georgetown University Information Services launched GURegistered, a new pilot wireless network, which allows residents to connect devices that do not support secure protocols, in conjunction with the...

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University Information Services implemented a $189,000 upgrade of the Lauinger Library Wi-Fi system, the university’s oldest Wi-Fi hotspot, after students expressed concerns about the reliability of the old system.

GU’s Oldest Wi-Fi System Receives Overhaul

By Owen Eagan January 22, 2016

From Jan. 4 to Jan. 8 of this year, University Information Services completed an approximately $189,000 overhaul of the Georgetown University Lauinger Library Wi-Fi system and general connectivity...

UIS Overhauls Campus Wi-Fi, University Printing

By Eitan Sayag March 19, 2013

University Information Services is in the final stages of overhauling Wi-Fi infrastructure for Georgetown’s 11,000 continuous Wi-Fi users while also evaluating an overhaul to printing on all three...

Wireless Coming to Copley Hall Soon, UIS Says

By Heather Flynn March 1, 2011

Copley Hall will be the latest dorm on campus to receive wireless Internet access when University Information Services activates the new services on March 11. According to an email sent to residents...

Wi-Fi Makes Acela Debut

By Oluseyi Fasoranti March 4, 2010

As Georgetown students begin to embark on trips along the Northeast Corridor for spring break, those opting to travel on Amtrak's Acela Express have a new user-friendly feature at their disposal: Wi-Fi...

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