Compass Medical PC is a large physician and multi specialist RSO in Massachusetts. In an effort to expand exam rooms and increase provider access for their patients, Compass Medical moved its business office and call center to a new building 250 yards away on the other side of a wetlands area.
The connection needed to be transparent in the network, available 24×7, secure, remotely monitored, remotely managed, overcome New England weather, support all standard network protocols, and installed in two weeks from order.
Compass Medical’s Director of Information Technology (Robert Clairmont) and the IT staff had explored using traditional Telco fiber connections (with a 30 to 120 day costly installation), installing private poles and fiber (introducing maintenance, environmental impact, and negatively impacting “curb appeal”), and many MMRF/WI-MAX solutions.
After exploring the wireless technologies, GigaBeam stood out. It was the only technology that produced 1GB of throughput and increased the power output to overcome weather considerations instead of decreasing the throughput. The ROI of using GigaBeam instead of a traditional Telco fiber connection is within seven months and saves hundreds of thousands of dollars over the anticipated 10 year life expectancy.
By using a technology that was transparent to the network infrastructure, a highly reliable connection was made with two radio systems to different points on the building, which provides a load balanced system with a robust failover mechanism.
Both circuits were completed within two weeks of order, allowing a full week of testing prior to the business office move, which allowed the project to complete on time.
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