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42 Doing Business in Connecticut | 2015 SPONSORED REPORT service availability, Ethernet @Home is delivered over Comcast's hybrid- fiber coax network, allowing Comcast Business customers such as financial and healthcare institutions to extend private links from their corporate networks to doctors, professors and analysts working from home. Besides the multi-Gigabit Ethernet services available for larger organiza- tions, Comcast Business also provides Internet, Voice, and TV for small to medium-sized businesses in Connecti- cut. For smaller businesses, Comcast Business makes harnessing the power of the cloud both easy and accessible by offering scalable data solutions as well as the Upware marketplace, a curated collection of business-grade cloud applications that also brings cost savings and the convenience of seamless sign-on and simple billing. Because research has shown how important Wi-Fi is to small busi- nesses, Comcast also brought cus- tomers the Comcast Business Wire- less Gateway, which provides both private and public Wi-Fi — from a single device — while using separate networks for added security. "Consumers today make their decisions about where to shop, eat and more based on which businesses offer amenities like complimentary Wi-Fi access, which means that small businesses need to incorporate these types of technology add-ons in order to gain a competitive edge and attract more customers," said Paul Savas. One such example of a local busi- ness utilizing Comcast's Wi-Fi fea- ture is Ashlawn Farm Coffee, which has a flagship location in Lyme and opened a second location in Old Saybrook in November 2013. "We needed a reliable Inter- net connection that could support the constant stream of traffic being placed on our network, as well as of- fer the scalability to grow as we con- tinued to expand. Comcast is able to do both, and the ability to offer Wi-Fi within our café is the perfect comple- ment to the other state-of-the-art amenities we are already offering to our tech-savvy customers," said Carol Adams Dahlke, owner of Ashlawn Farm Coffee. For businesses looking for a reli- able phone solution, Comcast Busi- ness VoiceEdge is Comcast's hosted, cloud-based system that helps custom- ers run a faster, more efficient busi- ness while eliminating major capital investment and hardware manage- ment costs that typically come with traditional PBX phone systems. Cus- Brian Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Comcast, surrounded by Comcast NBCUniversal volunteers at the Stamford Boys & Girls Club during the 2015 Comcast Cares Day > Continued from previous page