Entrepreneurial incubators are definitely looking to brag about access to advanced broadband speeds as they aim to attract the best and brightest, and Comcast Business has been targeting those kinds of speed-hungry incubator customers for a while. For example, back in May, it was named the network services provider for Refraction, a coworking incubator community in Reston, Va. In addition to cloud-based voice and TV, Refraction members have access to a 1 Gbps Ethernet dedicated internet line capable of scaling to 10 Gbps of capacity.
Furthering that play, Comcast Business announced on Wednesday that it has teamed with the Miller Business Resource Center Business Incubator at Salt Lake Community College in Utah. Through this collaboration, clients reportedly can have access to Comcast’s Ethernet network at no cost. The startups involved are obviously happy about that.
“High-speed, reliable internet is so vitally important to my business,” Nicholazs Suazo, president of Platinum Solar Commercial Solutions and a Business Incubator client, says. “As a startup and web-based company, this new service helps me get so much more done.”
Located on the Miller Campus of SLCC, the incubator is a mentorship-driven program and physical facility assisting startups. It currently has 24 clients. Additionally, there are nearly 40 additional startups in a variety of fields using the incubator’s resources and open coworking space.
In addition to a 1 Gbps Ethernet dedicated internet connection, Comcast Business reports it is providing the incubator clients with a cloud-based voice and unified communications solution, as well as Comcast Business TV.
“Startups have enough things to worry about every day; their network services shouldn’t be one of them. Our reliable network enables these companies to meet business demands now and in the future by scaling effectively as requirements change,” Wolf Lewis, director of Comcast Business in Utah, says.
“Additionally, our high-performance Ethernet services provide the innovation they need to remain competitive in a very crowded startup scene.”
