Kentucky school district enhances learning with Ethernet-enhanced connectivity

“We save a lot of money with Spectrum Business both with our Ethernet Services circuits as well as Enterprise Trunking. That’s big because we can then reallocate that money to other needs. And service support has been top-notch.” 

Drew Taylor, Chief Information Officer, Hopkins County School District

Located in the heart of western Kentucky’s coal fields, Hopkins County is a center of energy and agricultural production in the state. Its rural nature poses a connectivity challenge for a public education system which comprises 14 schools serving over 6,000 students spread across a 554-square-mile county.

To help secure more powerful and consistent bandwidth at every school campus, the Hopkins County School District embraced a technology partnership with Spectrum Business for enterprise.

Drew Taylor, Chief Information Officer, Hopkins County School District appreciates the commitment of Spectrum Business to client service: “They explained their designs in a way that made the most sense. Add to that their sensitivity to cost, and it became an easy decision for us.”

Taylor was able to invest in a solution to power every school with a data transfer rate of 10 gigabits per second. Meanwhile, the central office in Madisonville, which doubles as the district’s primary data storage center, runs on 40 gigabits per second. This dedicated fiber connectivity network uses closed Ethernet Services circuits supplying Ultra-High Speed Data.

“Not only is our service easier to manage, but our total monthly cost now is significantly less than what it was,” Taylor notes.

Taylor also wanted the ability to manage twice as many calls during peak activity periods and spot issues before they happen. He got those as well as a service-level agreement guaranteeing 100% uptime with Enterprise Trunking enabling high-capacity SIP service.

“We probably save $6,500 a month with Enterprise Trunking.” Taylor explains. “It’s great.”