Case Study: Pacific Union College achieves 1,000% speed boost and future-proof scalability with Comcast Business Ethernet

College Deploys Dedicated Ethernet To Improve User Satisfaction

Pacific Union College, a small liberal-arts college in Angwin, Calif., faced growing complaints as its aging copper-based network could no longer support bandwidth‑intensive teaching, administrative and student activities. With peak demand outstripping the campus’s 45 Mbps connection, IT needed a rapid, reliable and scalable solution to eliminate latency and prepare for future growth.

Comcast extended fiber five miles to the campus and deployed a dedicated Business Ethernet service, increasing speeds from 45 Mbps to 500 Mbps (a 1,000% improvement) with only a modest monthly fee increase. The upgrade was delivered on schedule, restored user satisfaction, provided a path to scale up to 10 Gbps, and also brought expanded communications options to the surrounding Angwin community.

Pacific Union College

Maria Lopez

Director of Information Technology Systems, Pacific Union College