A Leading Retail Petroleum Franchisee Enjoys Faster Network via HughesON ActiveTechnologies Resource Type Case Studies Categories: Business Continuity & High Availability Networking Terrestrial Download case study A Texas-based retail petroleum marketer and convenience store chain, is experiencing significant network performance gains using HughesON ActiveTechnologies to turbocharge a slow DSL circuit at one of its new high-volume c-stores. The new store is also serving as a real-world lab for stresstesting technologies of a new network services program thanks to the store’s uniquely challenging network environment. This program is the upcoming managed network service on which all of the retail petroleum marketers’ locations can run their POS and business applications over a faster, more secure and reliable network. In its other stores, they have typically used a very small aperture terminal (VSAT) satellite connection for POS transactions and back-office operations, and provisioned a second broadband network to run sophisticated predictive sales applications. The family-owed business was seeking to upgrade and consolidate its network to support its increasingly sophisticated business applications, so it gladly volunteered to be a beta test lab for the managed network services program using the Hughes HR4700 Branch Gateway and ActiveTechnologies. At the new test store, the DSL circuit was provisioned to deliver .512 Mbps uplink speeds, but unfortunately only delivered .39 Mbps. This proved insufficient to support all gas and retail transactions, as well as in-store and back-office applications... Download the Case Study to read more! Related Resources White Papers Connectivity: The Most Important Part of a Business May 22, 2017 Having the Right Connectivity is Now Critical in Retail and Hospitality May 02, 2016 Broadband Mobility Solutions July 01, 2014 Keeping Connected During A Crisis: A case for the Inter-government Crisis Network January 02, 2014 Thought Leadership Hooking Up Your Brands Shouldn’t Give You High-Cost Headaches April 01, 2017 Can You Afford Service Downtime? April 01, 2017 Achieving the Right Mix of Technology is the Way to Eliminate Downtime April 01, 2017 Three Top Tips on Maintaining Business Continuity April 01, 2017 Taking Back Control: How Business Can Save Money on Bandwidth April 01, 2017 Business Going Well? It is Time to Think Very Carefully About Continuity April 01, 2017 Multi-Channel Retailers Must Look to the Skies for Solutions to Downtime April 01, 2017 Videos Don't let your Network hold your Business back – Hughes Next Generation WAN January 14, 2013 Case Studies Major Credit Card Company M&T Bank