Feb 24, 2015

With rates 10 times faster and beyond than typical broadband options, fiber is the fastest option today for internet access. As recently as a year ago, switching to fiber would have been an impossible option for us due to expense of bringing the fiber cables to our building (about $30,000 in construction costs). Quite fortunately, AT&T installed fiber right into our server room for a neighboring business a few months ago, and now we're taking advantage of that.

We spent a few weeks vetting out the option before signing the contract with AT&T (including getting positive testimonials from other customers), and we're confident this will help resolve intermittent internet performance issues we've experienced, if not be a big game changer for SFEI. Besides getting everyone stable, fast access to the internet, the increased bandwidth will allow us to host more web-based data/sites to the public that have just not been possible up until now with our current bandwidth limitations.

The switch to the new service will be occurring over the next few weeks, and is eagerly anticipated by all.