Ball State has the networking capabilities to keep pace with your communications, information, and academic needs. The university purchases 390Mbps of bandwidth to the Internet through two separate Internet service providers for fault-tolerance. Of the 390Mbps purchased, 90Mbps is through AT&T and the remaining 300Mbps is through I-Light, the state of Indiana's fiber-optic network for higher education. We are connected through a 1Gbps optical circuit and two DS-3 circuits and we have 1Gbps capacity to all Internet2 locations.
The Network Operations Center is responsible for building and maintaining the university’s network. This network is a convergence of miles of cables, switches, routers, and radios, which translates to Ethernet, fiber optics, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX technologies. In addition to maintaining the network, the center tests emerging communications and collaborative technologies.
Today, Ball State has more than 8,053 wired ports in our residence halls, 1,194 access points throughout our wireless campus, and more than 19,000 wired ports using a 10-Gigabit fiber network. From transferring information between buildings to teleconferencing with a class in Korea, you'll have the necessary bandwidth and the resources to do it at your fingertips.