Until the cost of high speed ATM products to the desk-top come down and are within reach of the college on a large scale, Mountain Empire Community College will pursue the adoption of switched ethernet. Switched ethernet along with fast ethernet has the potential to impact the greatest number of users at the college. While the college realizes that ATM will be the favored transport of network services in the future, the college feels that the installation of a fiber-based backbone along with the immediate benefits that all users of the college will experience from the switched technology is a sound investment and a natural migration route to future network technologies . Termination points to be located on both the upper and lower floors of Dalton Cantrell Hall. Termination points to be located on both the upper and lower floors of Robb Hall.
Termination points to be located on both the upper and lower floors of the building.
Servers will all be attached directly to the 100 Mbs ethernet switch. In order to facilitate network access to every office, lab, and classroom on campus it will be necessary to wire several classrooms with the recommended wiring standard. In order to provide data services to the remaining classrooms on campus, two category 5 data outlets will be installed in each classroom by the end of year 2. MECC recognizes that such a standard will assure operability and volume discount pricing for all participants. With the presence of 3 local providers, it really makes little sense to duplicate their services at the college level.