Saturday, March 28, 2009

AuBeta Customers' Golden Parachute

Silver lining? Could be. I can't imagine any more likely occasion to reconsider a broadband provider than when your current one just dissipates overnight. Terms of assignees and transferability--well, I'll leave that to the lawyers--but if ever a customer was looking for a new provider of a managed broadband network, I'd think twice before blindly accepting Telekenex's buy-out of AuBeta as announced last week.

But, then again, is it worth switching providers? I mean, we all know how painful an enterprise-wide network transition can be. If you value your sanity, you might be easily won over by the mere simplicity of doing nothing at all.

But what if there were no legacy copper-cable networks in question? What if all the baggage of terrestrial broadband were suddenly a non-issue? Accel Networks is offering a transition program for former AuBeta customers that provides retail and multi-site clients the ability to rapidly deploy a managed PCI compliant broadband network. Unlike terrestrial broadband solutions, Accel can have AuBeta clients switched over within days versus the typical six-week lead time required for replacement DSL or frame relay service.

Hard to believe? Consider this: in February Accel Networks completed the deployment of an 87-site primary network in only 16 days. Accel's solution provided the retailer a PCI Compliant managed fixed wireless broadband network on Accel’s "layer 2" private network architecture. On another occasion, Accel also deployed a network continuity solution of just under 300 locations for a national dollar store retailer within a period spanning only a few weeks.

So, it is possible. It is affordable. Is it time to consider a change?

Labels: AuBeta Telekenex, Broadband, Fixed Wireless Broadband