The introduction of the internet does offer endless possibilities for your school, the teachers and pupils, including:-

• Access to learning materials
• Access to information, including visuals
• Provision of interactive and more informative lessons
• Provision of flexible learning and management tools
• Improved communication

We are aware that you realise all of the above, the problem is how can you ensure that everybody has constant, reliable, fast and secure access to the internet?

Broadband offers fast access, how can you be sure you have the most reliable and fastest access when you have so many users in your school competing for internet bandwidth at the same time?

Northarbour has created Broadband4Schools to provide broadband solution that have been specifically designed to address these issues.

Broadband4Schools meets the requirements of schools which have experienced reliability or performance problems with their internet connection and is built upon Northarbour's skills and experience as a way of delivering cost effective, reliable and secure broadband internet for schools.

The Broadband4Schools service is based on providing a load balanced broadband which has the benefit of offering you the ability to increase your bandwidth without changing your existing broadband connection by combining and sharing two or more broadband connections - resulting in at least double the amount of bandwidth available and creating a more resilient internet connectivity solution.

The benefits of Broadband4Schools includes:-

• Remote access
• Connections deliver greater upload and download capacity
• Scalable and resilient bandwidth offered by the combined circuits
• Cost effective solution to access a higher capacity service needs
• Maintain current network IP address scheme
• Provides fully configurable filtering for emails and to filter websites that can be viewed.
• The option of an Unmanaged or Managed service dependent on your requirements
• Unlimited 24/7 support available online, by email and by telephone

Contact Northarbour to learn how Broadband4Schools can benefit teaching and learning at your school.