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COMPANYOVERVIEWChaminadeisoneofSantaCruz’sfinest4diamondresorts. Itfeaturesarestaurant,spa,fitnesscenter,pool, tenniscourtsandprivatehikingtrails.Theresortalsositsatop amountain and boasts beautiful views ofMonterey Bay and theSantaCruzmountains. With a recent $15milliondollar renovation,Chaminade is a luxuriousdestination forexecutivemeetingsand relaxinggetawaysalike. The resort isalsothe first business in SantaCruz to receive a “Green BusinessCertification” for itsenvironmentalefforts.CHALLENGEGunnarAmundson,theITmanagerforChaminade,decidedthatthereneededtobean improvement in the network at the resort after struggling with wirelessWANissues forquite sometime. Henoted: “Themainproblemwith thewirelessWANsolutionwasa lackof redundantpaths. Whentherewasanequipment failurewehadnointernetserviceandhadtowaitfortherepairtorestoretheserviceforourguests.” Asitis essentiallytheindustrystandardtoprovidehighspeedinternettoitsvisitors,Chaminadeneededacosteffectivesolutiontothisproblem.This beganAmundson’s search for a solution that could provide the guarantee ofhigh speed internet to the resort’s guestswithout fear of slow speeds or networkdowntime. Thiswould be challenging, however, asChaminade didn’t havemanyinternet service options available because of its location. Amundson summarizestheproblemwhenhesays,“DSLisn’tanoptionduetoproximitytotheCO.Fiberisanoption,butistooexpensiveforustooffercomplimentaryinternetaccess.”
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LuxuriousfourdiamondresortditcheswirelessWANforfasterandmoreconsistentinternetconnection.
INBRIEFIndustryInformationTechnologyChallengeReplacinganagingwirelessWANconnection.SolutionMushroomNetworksTruffle.BenefitsRedundancyoflinesprovidesforhighreliability.Bondingofmultiplelinesprovideshighbandwidth.
SOLUTIONAmundson and Chaminade Resort opted to implement a Mushroom NetworksTruffle unit into their infrastructure to remedy the problems they wereexperiencing. TheTrufflewasutilizedbybonding3businessgradeWANcircuitstogetherinordertomaximizebandwidthavailableaswellaslimitthedowntimeguests experienced. When compared to the price of ordering a fiber line, theTruffle,handsdown,providedforamuchquickerreturnoninvestment,makingitamuchwiserinvestment.
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CONCLUSIONAtaprestigiousresortsuchasChaminade,guestsandbusinessmen/women alike expect all their amenities to be there when they needthem. One of themost important nowadays is reliable high speedinternet for meetings, checking email and contacting family, forexample. Tobeuptoparwithsuchhighstandards,aspottyinternetconnection simply isn’t acceptable which is why the Truffle wasimplemented. Amundson makes it clear that both the setup andcontinuingreliabilityoftheproductwerebothhugelypositiveaspects,makingittheclearchoiceininternetbonding.
“IlikedthattheMushroomBBNAwasn’tjustaloadbalancer,butbondedalltheWAN’sbandwidthtogether.IevaluatedotherloadbalancerswiththeMushroomBBNAanddecidedthattheMushroomBBNAwasourbestchoiceforincreasingourbandwidth.”
–GunnarAmundsonITManager,ChaminadeResort
ABOUTMUSHROOMNETWORKSMushroomNetworks,Inc.,isaprivatelyheldcompanybasedinSanDiego,CA,providingpatentpendingBroadbandBondingsolutionstoarangeofInternetconnectionapplications.Thecompany’sflagshipproductlinetargetsSMBs,enterprises,multi-tenantbuildings,andbroadbandserviceprovidersandbondsdissimilarbroadbandaccesstechnologiesformingasinglehighlyreliablebroadbandpipethatcaneasilyscalebasedonneeds.
MushroomNetworksIncorporated5703OberlinDriveSte208SanDiego,CA92121www.mushroomnetworks.com858.452.1031