EzraNet is a multi-million-dollar program to upgrade data wiring, phone wiring, and distribution infrastructure in about 60 buildings on Cornell’s Ithaca campus.
The project will bring Cornell University to a competitive level with peer universities, reduce the costs of future upgrades, and provide future flexibility. EzraNet implementation will increase data speeds to gigabit capabilities and standardize our interior cable plants.
EzraNet is sponsored by the Office of the Provost. Cornell Information Technologies' Network and Communication Services (CIT-NCS) group is responsible for the project management for this program... Purpose and Need
History
The majority of Cornell's current data and voice wiring infrastructure is Category 3 or an earlier cable, installed in the late 1980s/early 1990s before industry standards were created. While this infrastructure has provided many years of reliable service, it cannot adequately support network-intensive technologies that campus units are increasingly requesting, such as video-conferencing, virtual reality, and data modeling... more history