Merit, Albion's initial Internet service provider, offered information technology a connection at 30 megabits per second through last year. The College community reduced the Merit connection to 27 Mbps this year, while adding 100Mbps from BroadStripe.

"The launch of the Albion 1Card and Google mail makes our Internet connection vital for daily business," said Kurt Ashley, Albion's director of systems and networking. "We also had a need to add a backup in the event of a disruption in service from one of the Internet service providers."

Scott Stephen, associate vice president for information services, added, "Our hope is that we will all see a big improvement in speed and usability."