Comcast Biz Goes to School in IL

Nov. 7, 2014
Rockford Career College, a two-year college in Illinois, has deployed fiber-based Ethernet services from Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) ...
Rockford Career College, a two-year college in Illinois, has deployed fiber-based Ethernet services from Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) Business to increase its Internet bandwidth seven fold. The increased bandwidth is intended to support the school's new "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) program, online classes, e-textbooks and other learning tools and resources.

The college deployed a fiber-based 100 Mbps Ethernet Dedicated Internet access connection from Comcast Business that's designed to scale up to 10 Gbps as the college's enrollment and network traffic grows.

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