Schools Excel with Time Warner Cable Business Class Connectivity Solutions

Orange County Business Journal, Aug 6-Aug 12, 2007

Every K-12 and higher education institution is looking for new ways to improve the educational experience and increase staff productivity. Interactive learning tools, Internet curriculum content, online classes and student and parent communication systems are driving higher and higher network bandwidth requirements. Time Warner Cable Business Class tailors solutions that affordably provide cutting-edge technology to students and staff for any size institution.

Time Warner Cable understands education

Through community programs such as Cable in the Classroom, Time Warner Cable has long term relationships with schools and districts and in-depth understanding of the security concerns, access control needs and requirements to protect students, faculty, and staff. Time Warner Cable Business Class solutions can provide secure and scalable communications to the classroom, library, and computer lab, as well as administrative offices. For campus environments, connectivity solutions can be extended to connect dorm rooms and off campus facilities. Local customer support is provided by professionals who live, work and go to school in local communities.

Making teachers and staff more productive

With Time Warner Cable's large Southern California presence, reliable and secure connectivity can be extended to teachers and staff that require off campus connections via Teleworker accounts. That means that productivity will not be impacted with slowdowns in reconnection, transmission delays or phone charges common with dial-up services. For schools, it means peace of mind that staff and teachers will remain productive whether they are working on campus or miles away from home. Time Warner Cable Business Class Teleworker accounts offer the added benefit of consolidated billing and premium business class support.

Affordable pricing strategies that take the summer off

Schools and higher education have unique bandwidth requirements that fluctuate with enrollment and time of year. To help educational customers get the most from their connectivity solutions, Time Warner Cable Business Class implements variable and scalable bandwidth and billing to match school calendars. Contracts can be customized to accommodate these fluctuations and reduce the overall bandwidth cost. Time Warner Cable Business Class also begins billing upon final completion of a multi-site project, unlike téleos that bill as each site comes online.

Additionally, Time Warner Cable Business Class provides ?-rate discounts for schools and libraries to obtain affordable telecommunications and Internet access. Since its inception in 1998, schools and libraries have taken advantage of more than $18 billion in E-rate funds. On average, E-rate provides about $2 billion in funding each year. Time Warner Cable Business Class has E-rate experts that can guide institutions through the complicated government technology funding program and help them improve the quality of education through broader technology access.

Advanced placement technology

With Time Warner Cable Business Class solutions, districts and campuses can leverage a reliable, wholly-owned network and infrastructure that offers scalable bandwidth up to 10Gbps,* robust SLAs, and dedicated support. Time Warner Cable's unique network infrastructure delivers fiber-based Ethernet solutions that enable schools, districts and universities to capitalize on the capabilities of the Internet and to design private networks. In addition, Time Warner Cable Business Class offers superior bandwidth granularity allowing organizations to buy only the amount of bandwidth required.

"Our Metro Ethernet Solution provides districts and campuses with point-to-point, and point-to-multipoint connectivity between facilities using Time Warner Cable's high-speed, high-capacity fiber network," said Los Angeles Metropolitan Division President Jeffrey A. Hirsch. "We provide the most technologicallyadvanced, best-clustered cable systems for service provisioning and faster implementation."

"With our Dedicated Access, we can meet any type of bandwidth requirement that is necessary," said Hirsch. "We also provide a dedicated fiber connection for institutions so that they don't have to share the network. Additionally, our cost-per-Mbps is typically less than the solutions of traditional telecommunications companies."

Security for staff, teachers and students

Time Warner Cable Business Class offers a comprehensive suite of security services that includes firewall and virtual private network (VPN) capabilities as well as options such as anti-virus, anti-spyware, content filtering, and intrusion prevention features.

With a state-of-the-art managed security platform, security policies are implemented to help ensure network integrity and prevent Internet-borne attacks. Features of the service include: a managed firewall service, firewall device monitoring and maintenance, up-to-date information on potential threats, the ability to review firewall reports and trouble tickets, the ability to block websites, and protection against dynamic threats and malicious codes. In addition, Time Warner Cable Business Class offers a fully managed perimeter solution that includes management, configuration, implementation, customer support and 24/7 monitoring.