A fast-growing drive-through chain, Salad and Go, hit a wall that every multi-site builder knows: getting broadband to a brand-new location took four to six months and tens of thousands of dollars in trenching, permitting, and ISP coordination. Every day without a connection was a day the site could not open, transact, or operate.
The 48-hour answer
West Networks replaced the wait with a standardized kit: a Peplink BR2 Pro with dual 5G, a rugged 24-port switch, and high-gain antennas. The first site was online within 48 hours of the first conversation — no trenching, no ISP contract, processing orders the same day the kit was installed.
The numbers
- Deployment cut from 4–6 months to under 48 hours.
- Up to $20,000 saved per location in construction and ISP costs.
- Zero support tickets in over a year of operation across the fleet.
- Future broadband contracts cancelled — the chain never installed another line.
“Our store operators love it because we haven’t had a support ticket in over a year. We cancelled all future broadband contracts and never installed another line since.”
— Head of IT infrastructure, the chain
On a construction timeline, connectivity is usually the last thing to arrive and the first thing everyone needs. Bonded cellular flips that order — it is there on day one.
If your disaster-recovery plan includes the word “failover,” you’re doing it wrong.
SpeedFusion internet bonding means increased performance, more uptime, and no failover — because the session was already riding every link.
Own your network. Peplink hardware is bought once and it lasts — it keeps bonding and routing with or without an active warranty or the cloud. No forced subscriptions, no required licenses.
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