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Connect and Communicate
by Christina Richards, Vice standards-based so you can tie multiple systems
TELECOM & WE BUY President of Marketing, AOptix
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If businesses remain resilient to unified communications changes, they will become reported that more than 60 percent of
commercial buildings in the United States still do
increasingly difficult to support in today’s not have direct access to fiber.
modern workforce.
This is a shockingly high number because
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AscdiNatd interaction and are up-to-date with the latest continues to grow at an astonishing rate. Without
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access to the high bandwidth connectivity that
fiber offers, many enterprises will face detrimental
impacts to their business productivity. As business
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applications, mobile apps, video, and voice systems
all compete for the same network resources,
enterprise networks that lack multi-gigabit
capacity will struggle to accommodate expanding
data traffic needs.
High profile initiatives like Google Fiber, which
is bringing fiber to more cities across the country,
are already giving a competitive advantage to
locations where it’s been rolled out. However, those without this access continue to fall further behind
and are impacted by lagging connections, quality
of service issues and lower productivity. Fiber is
expensive to lease, and it is not always practical
or even feasible to install in many locations.
Trenching new fiber is also disruptive and time-
consuming, and in some cases, obtaining permits
or the right-of-way needed can be problematic or
impossible.
To help compensate for this fiber-gap,
enterprises are looking for wireless options that
can deliver fiber-like performance to handle these
growing operational demands. Yet, not all wireless
technologies are created equal.
Here are three important requirements to
consider when evaluating high-bandwidth wireless
solutions for your last-mile enterprise needs:
Capacity: The most important requirement for
last-mile enterprise connectivity is high capacity. Many enterprises need multi-gigabit per second
capacity, but only a few wireless solutions are
capable of delivering more than 500 Mbps. Be
aware that some wireless solutions will claim
multi-gigabit capacity, but these assertions assume
capacity savings achieved by data compression
that in reality only apply to 50 percent or less of a
typical traffic load.
Availability: Beyond capacity, availability is
critical. For any business today, downtime can be
costly. Just think of the hit to productivity your
company would take if your network, VoIP or
unified communications systems were frequently
offline. For a wireless solution to serve as true
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Simplicity: Wireless technologies are inherently more flexible than fiber and can typically be and receive calls over their own cell network, charge phones and tablets, and
installed in more locations. Look for a wireless access the Internet via a built-in Wi-Fi access point. Call +1.719.368.6544,
solution that can attach to any tower, building
or structure, and can be deployed rapidly (in write info@teledex.com, or visit www.teledex.com for product and pricing
hours or days, as opposed to weeks or months). details and to request a sample phone.
In order to maintain an optimal connection, a
wireless solution also needs to have a mechanism
to compensate for tower/building twist and
sway; otherwise you may experience service
interruptions, or need to regularly re-calibrate the
system.
By tapping into wireless communications
technologies, enterprises will be better equipped Accept no substitutes.
to handle the ongoing surge in data capacity
demand. The right balance of capacity, availability
and simplicity will enable wireless solutions to ©2014 Cetis, Inc. Product specifications and descriptions in this document subject to change without notice. CetisTM, Teledex are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cetis, Inc.
accommodate enterprise networks’ growing
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