Case Studies

AIRLINX

Challenge:

Garden State Produce Center in Chelsea, Massachusetts, one of the largest produce warehouses in New England, planned to occupy an adjacent building in the neighboring town of Everett, but faced a dilemma associated with connecting its physical data networks. Chelsea and Everett are windy communities on the North Shore within sight of Boston. Residents are accustomed to harsh weather conditions, but Garden State found itself challenged to come up with a high-speed technology solution that was not affected by wind, rain, fog, snow and other extreme weather conditions over an operating distance of about 500 yards (or 450 meters).

Because Garden State's second warehouse is located across a railroad track with no right-of-way access, trenching fiber-optic cable was not an option for connecting the buildings' networks. Company officials looked into leasing fiber-optic cable from the local phone company and various carriers but were put off by the high cost.

The Solution:

AIRLINX Communications, an international supplier of spread spectrum and microwave radio communications equipment and a LightPointe Flight T Partner, took on the challenge. AIRLINX installed a LightPointe optical wireless system on rooftops at Garden State Produce Center's Chelsea and Everett warehouses, and the company received immediate network connectivity. The link has not been affected by rain, snow, fog or other adverse weather conditions.

LightPointe's optical wireless solutions give AIRLINX clients bandwidth to spare with robust speeds ranging from 100 Mbps to 1.25 Gbps.

A leader in Optical Wireless solutions based on free-space optics (FSO) technology, LightPointe's optical wireless products are now at work in thousands of installations in more than 60 countries.

Sound Byte:

"It's an excellent solution for campus-wide or city-wide high-speed network extension applications. There is no easier or less expensive solution inside the metropolitan core. I think that LightPointe has the best product out there. It's a reliable, stable product. It's the only product we need to sell."
— Tjalling P. Hoiska, President, AIRLINX Communications, Inc.