2008 Woodie Awards
SHU continues to improve Internet connection
Kristyn Nicastro
Issue date: 4/27/06 Section: News
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Sacred Heart has continued to improve upon its internet connection in an attempt to provide the students with the best and most reliable service possible.
Three years ago SHU used a dial-up internet service which was incredibly slow; at that time the school switched over to wireless DSL modems which were constantly down and causing problems.
Two years ago the school switched over to Optimum Online cable modems, which are considered to be a third party connection because it was not a part of SHU. This caused a challenge in adequately maintaining the internet service in housing located off of the main campus, such as Park Ridge. Such housing is physically separate from the main campus and the campus network, resulting stricter firewalls and the inability to prevent or fix viruses.
This connection did not meet the school's standards and over the last six months the Information Technology Department has been working with a fiber optic carrier in order to build a fiber optic network connection to Park Ridge.
Two weeks ago Park Ridge's internet connection was shut down after there was an overload of viruses that had not been fixed. The school went about correcting the internet problems, resulting in the switch from a business class cable connection to a gigabyte multi-modem fiber optic connection.
Park Ridge now has a gigabyte link from campus, which Senior Network Architect Bill Mumper believes will make the internet connection more reliable, less restrictive, and easier to solve any problems.
Three years ago SHU used a dial-up internet service which was incredibly slow; at that time the school switched over to wireless DSL modems which were constantly down and causing problems.
Two years ago the school switched over to Optimum Online cable modems, which are considered to be a third party connection because it was not a part of SHU. This caused a challenge in adequately maintaining the internet service in housing located off of the main campus, such as Park Ridge. Such housing is physically separate from the main campus and the campus network, resulting stricter firewalls and the inability to prevent or fix viruses.
This connection did not meet the school's standards and over the last six months the Information Technology Department has been working with a fiber optic carrier in order to build a fiber optic network connection to Park Ridge.
Two weeks ago Park Ridge's internet connection was shut down after there was an overload of viruses that had not been fixed. The school went about correcting the internet problems, resulting in the switch from a business class cable connection to a gigabyte multi-modem fiber optic connection.
Park Ridge now has a gigabyte link from campus, which Senior Network Architect Bill Mumper believes will make the internet connection more reliable, less restrictive, and easier to solve any problems.