PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast
Business today announced that more than 75 K-12 New Jersey schools within the Middlesex
Regional Educational Services Commission (MRESC) are now using a
diverse portfolio of high-capacity Ethernet services for the
2015-2016 school year. In addition to supporting the surge in
laptops, tablets, smartphones and other mobile devices being added
to these networks each day, the Comcast Business Ethernet services
will improve access to online assessment tools and Web-based
educational resources to help improve learning and collaboration
between K-12 schools across the Garden State.
Headquartered in Piscataway, New
Jersey, the Middlesex Regional Educational Services
Commission (MRESC) is a state-chartered organization that
cost-effectively procures various technology, transportation and
professional development services for local K-12 school districts
across Middlesex County. With the
help of Dellicker Strategies, a consulting firm that specializes in
the areas of blended learning and the telecommunications purchasing
process, the MRESC embarked on an expansive project to upgrade and
future-proof the network infrastructure for 145 K-12 schools across
New Jersey.
"The goal was to establish a more permanent solution that could
meet the capacity demands caused by the increasing number of mobile
devices being added to these school networks. This, combined with
the surge in online assessment tools and Web-based educational
resources that our students use every day, required us to
reevaluate how we approached our technology infrastructure," said
Patrick Moran, business
administrator and board secretary for the MRESC. "We assessed
multiple vendors and ultimately selected Comcast Business for the
wide breadth of cost-effective services it could offer to our
constituents. We also knew that selecting a provider with such a
large fiber network would be invaluable to us as we looked to
connect schools from across the state to each other in the
future."
With this agreement, more than 75 schools are currently using a
diverse mix of Comcast Business Ethernet services that range from
10 Megabits-per-second (Mbps) to 10 Gigabits-per-second (Gbps).
Each school can select the amount of network capacity it needs
based on individual infrastructure demands, which has become
critical for K-12 schools such as the Gloucester Township School District,
Evesham Township School District
and Belvidere School District that depend on fast, reliable
Internet access to support the demands of their rigorous
educational curriculum. In addition to Ethernet Dedicated Internet
services, many schools are opting to install Ethernet Network
Services from Comcast Business to connect their various elementary,
middle and high schools to each other. This has improved
collaboration and efficiency by allowing school administrators to
access student information via a secure network connection.
"As blended learning continues to gain traction in our schools,
these districts should be viewing their Internet bandwidth as an
abundant and affordable commodity to be used and consumed rather
than a scarce resource that must be conserved," said Kevin Dellicker, co-founder and chief executive
of Dellicker Strategies. "The high-speed Ethernet services that
providers like Comcast Business offer to our educational clientele
are an important resource that provide the Internet access students
need to collaborate better, solve problems more efficiently, and
take advantage of the many benefits that digital learning can
provide."
This agreement with Comcast Business allows these schools to
utilize higher amounts of network capacity at a more cost-effective
price than what they had previously. The Ethernet services also
offer the opportunity to connect multiple schools within a given
district to let students collaborate with each other via a secure
network. Future plans are additionally underway to help connect
schools across different parts of the state to each other.
"The world is changing, and as the demand for
bandwidth-intensive applications continues to increase, it has
become imperative for schools to keep up with these demands with
high-capacity network services to accommodate these requirements
both now and in the future," said David
Dombroski, vice president for Comcast Business, Freedom
Region. "Our Ethernet services allow these New Jersey schools to take advantage of fast,
reliable and secure telecommunications services without worrying
about breaking the bank, which allows them to focus all of their
efforts on giving their students the best education possible."
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