I’ve written several posts about the advantages of wireless bridges and how they can save your company tons of bucks. And as you might expect, during the first half of 2009 with the economy in the crapper, we’ve seen an increase of wireless bridge usage since most fiscally responsible companies are looking for ways to trim operating costs.

What amazes me still are the shear number of IT and network personnel who haven’t heard of wireless bridge connectivity or who have a misconception about what wireless bridges are. Many assume anything wireless falls into the 802.11 category and they don’t want anything to do with it. Others think of bureaucracy laden licensed wireless that seems to take forever to implement and costs a small fortune. If you fit into one of the above categories and are obviously reading this post, let me say, wireless bridges are none of the above. Advances in wireless technology have brought us high-speed Ethernet connectivity that’s very reasonably priced, secure, easy to deploy, and readily available.

Why are you still insisting upon using those old sluggish T1s or costly T3s that keep on making Ma Bell rich. You need to look into how you can reach your remote facilities within a 50 mile range wirelessly. The bridges we recommend are the Airmux series from RAD Data Communications. The Airmux-200 ($3000 to 4500 per complete system) and Airmux-400 ($6000 to $7500 per complete system) are both carrier-class radios that have been proven over the last 5 years to be extremely reliable even in adverse weather conditions.

I welcome any comments any of you may have regarding wireless connectivity. I know there many wireless standards and schemes out there, but what we focus our attention on this site is brute force reliable connectivity. If any of you doubt what we’re talking about here, I invite you to tell us what you think and hear it from those who are already enjoying the benefits of high-speed wireless.