With the new router, line speed between buildings could go up to 100Mbps over the fiber optic cable in the tunnels. As you know, a large expense is consumed by phone lines themselves. The Enterprise switch or collapsed backbone is the device that all devices in building 22 will be connected to. This includes servers, workstations and the router mentioned in item 1. The switch helps to provide access to servers with much less contention than a hub.
Delays can still occur within remote buildings.
The switch allows us to provide VLAN services to manage multiple subnets within buildings. Currently, we provide only one subnet per building. This project would provide voice and data connectivity to a campus where none exists at this time. On the network side, two switches and a complete wiring of the building is required. A new voice switch is needed as well.