BridgeWave Communications, a supplier of gigabit wireless systems, has announced that the County of Hunterdon, N.J., has deployed its AR60 and AR80X point-to-point wireless links, improving network performance for transporting county-wide services and application traffic.

 

The BridgeWave (News - Alert) links provide full gigabit Ethernet capacity to support disaster recovery applications and other records essential to maintaining operations for local government agencies, said company officials.

 

Mike Rasimowicz, manager for information technology at Hunterdon County, said that they needed a cost-effective way to increase bandwidth capacity, improve network efficiency as well as gain greater end-to-end visibility and control over the network.

 

“We successfully deployed a high-capacity wireless ring using BridgeWave’s AR60 and AR80X links, and anticipate saving approximately $3,000 to $5,000 a month just by replacing the leased lines with the BridgeWave links,” he said.

 

“What really stood out with BridgeWave was the AdaptRate feature and also doing the GigE speeds for the distances that was available.”

 

New Jersey Business Systems helped Hunterdon County in finding a reliable and an affordable wireless option. NJBS is an end-to-end systems integrator specializing in a full range of networking, communications, computer services, customer service and support.

 

Additionally, the network upgrade was made possible through the Public Archives and Records Infrastructure Support Grants Program.

 

NJBS said that it selected BridgeWave links for their ability to provide “five-nines” reliability throughout the network. With wireless links, Hunterdon County full-rate gigabit backbone capacity can now support the data-intensive applications and services while providing the end-to-end network visibility to better manage the network.

 

BridgeWave’s AR60 and AR80X links include exclusive AdaptRate technology, which, during inclement weather, momentarily switch from GigE to 100 Mbps transmission rates to provide continuous operation.

 

“As network performance is challenged to accommodate the addition of higher bandwidth applications and services, more organizations are recognizing the importance of and turning to BridgeWave’s gigabit links in their network – Hunterdon is a great example of how to successfully achieve this,” said Amir Makleff, president and CEO at BridgeWave.