WHERE THE WIRES ARE

DARTMOUTH IS THE ONLY IVY LEAGUE CAMPUS THAT'S 100 PERCENT WIRELESS. HERE'S A BRIEF LOOK AT THE BURGEONING WIRELESSNESS OF THE OTHER IVIES.

HARVARD Starting in the summer of 2001 with a pilot program in select public areas, the wireless network has expanded rapidly, covering most parts of the main campus as well as significant sections of the medical, public health, government, divinity and business schools and Radcliffe College.

YALE Using alumni-donated funds, Yale instituted a pilot project in January 2001, with limited access points and a few network access cards available on loan to students and faculty. Today the system is expanding rapidly and is available in many, but not all, campus buildings.

PRINCETON The wireless network, called Vapornet, started with 20 access points in 1998. It's now expanding but not yet available campus-wide.

CORNELL RedRover, as it's called at Cornell, is available in some buildings, including the libraries, where funding was provided by an anonymous donor.

COLUMBIA Coverage is expanding to eventually include the entire campus, but currently is limited to "key outdoor common areas" as well as some classrooms and indoor common areas.

PENN The school has two separate networks; the engineering school's internally developed AirSEAS provides good coverage of that school's Moore Building, and Wireless PennNet provides some coverage of public areas.

BROWN The school didn't introduce wireless until the spring of 2003, and the system is still fragmented and developmental, as some departments had already set up their own wireless networks and now need to be integrated.