PocketiNet partners with the school district to enhance technology infrastructure

PocketiNet partners with the school district to enhance technology infrastructure

PocketiNet Communications, a leading provider of high speed broadband services, is completing a 10 month project with the Walla Walla School District to provide enhanced communication technology to the District through the installation of advanced fiber optics to all Walla Walla schools, Administrative Office, as well as the Transportation Cooperative and Support Services facility.

The new infrastructure provides increased capacity by 660 percent to create a "Mega Super Highway" for information sharing and updated voice services. The project provides advanced fiber optic services throughout the district and represents the latest innovative set of products. Students and staff will now benefit from access to reliable, ultra high speed Internet and voice services which offer an abundance of new learning opportunities.

"Many of the applications at present are still being developed and will most likely come from district educators using this new technology to better the educational experience of the student," said Todd Brandenburg, President of PocketiNet Communications, Inc. "PocketiNet is committed to supporting the future of our children and the community where we live so the students of Walla Walla have all the tools necessary to excel in life."

This project would not have been possible without the contribution of PocketiNet, who offered significant savings on the all new infrastructure. PocketiNet is a locally owned and operated broadband Internet service provider.

"We have done everything financially possible to make this project happen," Brandenburg said. "Education is vital to our community and we have a vested interest in these students because they are the future of our community as well as our company."

The partnership created during the 2010-11 school year between Walla Walla Public Schools and Pocket iNet has opened new horizons for staff and students of our schools, according to District Technology Director Kirk Jameson.

"In the garden and water world it mean we had started with a one inch diameter hose that supplied our water and replaced that with a pipe that is nearly 16 inches in diameter." District Technology Director Kirk Jameson said. "This allows our technicians to make updates in only minutes which once took hours. Now our teachers and students can stream video curriculum they were unable to access in the past."