Case Study: Folsom Cordova Unified School District achieves 60x faster 1Gbps connectivity with Comcast Business

Comcast Connection Enriches California School District Curriculum and Encourages Students to Reach Beyond the Classroom

Folsom Cordova Unified School District, serving about 19,500 students near Sacramento, faced slow T1 lines (1.5 Mbps) and deep budget cuts that limited its ability to support cloud-based curriculum, centralized data, and richer digital instruction. The district needed a scalable, cost‑effective network upgrade that would meet current and future bandwidth demands while working within E-Rate and California Teleconnect Fund rules.

Comcast deployed Business Ethernet to 20 schools, increasing speeds from 1.5 Mbps to 1 Gbps (60×) within an aggressive three‑month timeline and with only a marginal cost increase. The upgrade enabled richer online learning, centralized 70% of district data, opened the door to cloud applications and better disaster recovery, and provided a scalable, reliable network for students, teachers and administrators.

Folsom Cordova Unified School District

Joe Jenkins

Chief Technology Officer, Folsom Cordova Unified School District