Customer: Phillipsburg Area School District
Our longstanding partnership with northwestern New
Jersey's Phillipsburg School District illustrates many outstanding
benefits PenTeleData's educational customersenjoy.
Plus, PenTeleData's corporate partnerships, like our relationship
with Service Electric Company, help keep
PenTeleData ahead of the competition and foster innovation
and the creation of great projects.
Take PADLOCK , PenTeleData's proprietary content filtering
software solution for schools and organizations
that are serious about filtering the Internet for its users.
"We have been satisfied with all of PenTeleData's products
and services," says Larry McKenna, Director of
Information Technology for the Phillipsburg School
District. "PADLOCK® is a quick, inexpensive and simple
solution to the federal regulations that required an
Internet filter for those of us receiving federal funds."
PenTeleData also provides Phillipsburg a dedicated highspeed
DirectNet Internet connection and EtherPoint service
solution for schools in the district.
"Throughout our relationship with PenTeleData, our connection
to the Internet has remained solid," McKenna
says. "Dependability and performance have been excellent."
Also, the exceptional quality of PenTeleData's customer
service and support is another point of contentment for
Phillipsburg's schools.
"We're very pleased with PenTeleData's customer service
and support," he says. "This can simply be expressed
through the names of these incredible people: Nancy
Treskot, Denise Shupp, Dave Antonuik of PenTeleData
plus Jeff Kelly and John Turner from Service Electric
Company."
According to McKenna, PenTeleData's complete
EtherPoint Internet solution and PADLOCK service have
enabled Phillipsburg to advance its technology plans.
"We are required by the Schools and Libraries program to
provide safe Internet for our students," he says.
"Nothing is ever perfect, but the reliability of PADLOCK®
has allowed our staff to concentrate on curriculum.
The flexibility of PADLOCK® has allowed us to tailor users to
each unique situation within the curriculum."
"Furthermore, our high-speed Internet access solution has
opened up a whole new world. Our fiber-optic network
built by Service Electric runs in coordination with our
high-speed Internet, enabling our teachers and students
unlimited access to sites no matter how large or how
much download capacity is required," McKenna says.
"With this new state-of-the-art network and Internet connection,
we have been able to develop a technology plan
that includes new premiere voice, video and data technologies
that will carry this district for many years into
the future," he says.
PenTeleData and its partner Service Electric have also
directly helped Phillipsburg School District expand its network
to encompass various institutions in the community.
"With the help of PenTeleData and Service Electric, we
have at this point been able to add connectivity to the
Phillipsburg Senior Center, Saints Phillip and James
Catholic School, and now the Town of Phillipsburg will be
on our network and will develop its website in coordination
with our high school kids," he says.
PenTeleData's partner Service Electric has also received
rave reviews from Phillipsburg for their hard work with
the school district.
Finally, the unbeatable reliability of PenTeleData's
Internet service continues to encourage Phillipsburg to
provide its students with boundless learning opportunities.
"Most of the information that goes into the reports is
downloaded from the Internet through PenTeleData," he
adds. "Currently we are developing with our high school
students an evening show for local and world news, and
most of the material for that show will be downloaded
from the Internet."
For home, education, business, health care and government,
PenTeleData makes good on our promise to deliver
dedicated, reliable and affordable high-speed Internet,
data and security services. Customers count on
PenTeleData to provide ideal solutions and enjoy the customary
confidence that comes standard with any
PenTeleData account.