Over the summer ITS upgraded the campus network to 300mb. We now have 200mb dedicated to Resnet and student usage on campus. That compares to 21mb a year ago making the increase in bandwidth for residential students an almost 10 fold increase. For faculty and staff we increased our bandwidth almost 5 times to 100mb. Internet usage continues to grow and as the campus population grows we will keep adding bandwidth to keep ahead of the curve.
As part of the upgrades we purchased 200mb of bandwidth from NetTN which is the State of Tennessee Education Network. We are excited to be apart of NetTN network because it gives us the ability to greatly expand bandwidth in the future at an excellent price point as compared to the regular commodity internet. The upgrades were handled expertly by Network Services staff including manager, Randy Capps, network technician, Dave Elder and Resnet Technician, Andrew Kee.