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Prepare your connected campus for the future of learning

Give your students and staff a seamless campus experience with solutions for higher education. Purpose-built for colleges and universities, Spectrum Business® managed services provide reliable, secure connectivity while minimizing your IT burden. Unleash the full potential of your campus with combined internet, WiFi, managed services, unified communications and TV — all from a single trusted provider.

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Managed services for campuses

Managed services help your IT team do more with less by simplifying campus network management. Spectrum Business, a Charter Communications brand, delivers the connectivity, technology and expertise needed to provide reliable, secure services at scale. From network management and security to WiFi and communications, our managed services reduce day-to-day complexity while enhancing visibility and control, allowing your team to focus on innovation and the evolving needs of your institution.

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Deliver the promise of AI-powered learning


Ready your campus for AI with high-capacity connectivity alongside managed network and security solutions, built on a reliable infrastructure.

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Elevate the connected student experience


Give students more exibility with the scalable bandwidth of dedicated connectivity and managed WiFi, plus unifed communications and cloud calling.

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Modernize and scale your campus IT


Bring your campus into the future with simplified and secure managed services, scalable infrastructure, high-speed connectivity and managed network edge.

The Spectrum Business advantage

RELIABILITY

Industry-leading SLAs that include a 100% uptime guarantee.2

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

24/7, 100% US-based support

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Securing your campus in the age of AI

See how higher education institutions balance the opportunities and risks of AI to deliver a secure, seamless student experience.

Customize solutions to match the needs of your campus

It starts with an all-in-one network platform that gives your IT team a single, unified view of your campus network. This turnkey managed network solution includes equipment, connectivity, licensing, network management and a web-based management portal.

Dedicated Fiber Internet

Rely on low latency and consistently fast speeds up to 100 Gbps, delivered over our private fiber network and backed by a 100% uptime SLA guarantee.2 Plus, leverage our nationwide reach and dense metro coverage to scale as your campus requirements grow.

Smart cameras and
environmental sensors

Help safeguard faculty, staff and students. Create smart spaces to monitor campus activity and protect physical assets. Set alerts to monitor doorways, HVAC conditions and more.

Zero trust network access

Create more modern, robust defenses by extending the network edge to each user and application via Cloud Security with Cisco+ Secure Connect.

Access and identity
management

Help protect your campus’s sensitive systems from unauthorized access by implementing security protocols at both the user and device levels with Secure Access with Cisco Duo.

DDoS Protection

Powered by Radware, this solution helps shield applications and systems with a cloud-based service that automatically identifies and mitigates DDoS attacks. The success of this service earned Spectrum Business Radware’s 2025 U.S. Managed Security Service Provider Partner of the Year award.3

SpectrumU TV

Enable students to stream TV wherever and however they want on tablets, smartphones, laptops and devices such as Apple TV, Chromecast and Roku. Watch live TV plus an extensive library of shows and movies on demand.

Unified Communications

Streamline faculty and staff collaboration with our all-in-one, cloud-based platform for voice, messaging, file sharing and videoconferencing.

SIP Trunking

Cost-effectively connect your legacy private branch exchange (PBX) and key systems to the public switched telephone network (PSTN). Includes telephone numbers, unlimited local calling, inbound toll-free calling and outbound long-distance package — backed by our 100% uptime SLA guarantee.2

Additional resources

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Four higher education technology trends for 2026

Prepare your institution to offer students and faculty the campus of the future.

Ethernet Services | Higher Education

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Six questions about unified communications you need to address

Prepare your business to evolve from a traditional voice infrastructure to modern, cloud-powered communications.

Unified Communications | K-12 Education

White Paper

3 ways managed services can enhance campus IT

When choosing a college or university, in today’s highly competitive academic environment, students are looking for dependable, ubiquitous wireless connectivity.

Managed Network Edge | Higher Education

Blog post

How SD-WAN improves student experiences in higher education

Learn how IT leaders at higher education institutions are utilizing managed SD-WAN solutions to connect geographically distant campuses and data centers.

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