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RURAL UTILITY SERVICE APPROVAL EARNED FOR AIRMUX-200
With the inclusion of RAD's Airmux-200 on the RUS committee's List of Materials, qualifying rural telephone companies can purchase the Airmux-200 with long-term, low-interest loans from the U.S. federal government. This federally sponsored loan program enables rural operators to cost-effectively deploy new technology and deliver the same services to their customers as those available in urban and suburban regions. Capable of transporting up to four T1s or E1s along with Ethernet traffic, the Airmux-200 transmits at a full-duplex data rate of up to 18 Mbps over distances of up to 50 miles. A wide variety of available unlicensed operational frequencies, including 2.4 GHz, 5.3 GHz, and 5.8 GHz, along with the reserved Public Safety band 4.9 GHz, ensures that end-users can choose an operational frequency that will maximize their communication network's throughput and reliability. The Airmux-200 is ideal for rural carriers and service providers that seek to cost-effectively provide services to businesses and consumers in areas without extensive physical infrastructure and lacking a population density sufficient to justify physical build-out costs. The Airmux-200 also makes excellent sense for business, education, or public safety institutions that seek to extend the reach of their communications network without having to rely on service providers or carriers to establish the necessary infrastructure, and to avoid the significant recurring expense associated with leasing such facilities. Some of the many other applications for which the Airmux-200 has already been deployed include remote video surveillance backhaul, cellular backhaul, last mile solutions, emergency response and temporary deployments, and municipal communications networks. 'We deployed the Airmux-200 for the purpose of replacing our leased T1s with wireless links featuring greater capacity, and, ideally, greater reliability,' notes Bob McGregor, the Data Center Supervisor for Great Falls Public Schools in rural Montana. 'The Airmux-200 carries both our data communications as well as a wayside T1 for our voice communications. So far we are very satisfied with the performance of RAD’s Airmux-200.' Mr. McGregor is one of three individuals from different rural organizations that provided written testimony to the RUS committee regarding the deployment of RAD's Airmux-200 in their communication network. The other organizations providing testimony were Kalispell Public Schools in Kalispell, Montana and Gervais Telephone Company in Gervais, Oregon. 'Combining an extremely competitive price-performance ratio with the availability of federally-subsidized loans makes the Airmux-200 a highly compelling solution for rural operators looking to provide leading edge communication services to their local population,' notes Larry Jacobs, Vice President of Marketing at RAD Data Communications, Inc.
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