Astound Business Solutions Launches Wi-Fi Pro for Small Businesses, powered by eero
May 16 2024 - 8:01AM
Business Wire
Provides Small Businesses with Powerful and
Easy-to-Manage Networking
Astound Business Solutions, an award-winning nationwide provider
of high-capacity and secure connectivity for business customers,
today announced the launch of Wi-Fi Pro for Small Business, powered
by eero, an Amazon company. Wi-Fi Pro provides fast, reliable, and
secure wifi networking for businesses with up to 50 employees, as
well as their customers. The new offering is an upgrade from
Astound’s Whole Business Wi-Fi, also powered by eero.
Wi-Fi Pro uses eero’s mesh wifi hardware with patented TrueMesh
networking technology while offering custom eero for Business
features. These include:
- Captive portal: This enables businesses to create a branded
guest wifi experience for visitors. Businesses can customize the
network with personalized splash pages and branding options
specific to their business. With included access controls,
businesses can define connection times and bandwidth limits, and
set user session restrictions.
- Multiple SSIDs: With multiple SSIDs, businesses can help keep
employee and business critical devices secured by segmenting them
from other connected devices on the network. Businesses can add up
to 4 SSIDs. Multiple SSIDs allow businesses to support users at
different access levels, define bandwidth limits and session
restrictions, and more.
- Scalable wifi from a single access point: eero’s TrueMesh
network provides up to 2,500 square feet of coverage per device, in
covering a business’s space. Wi-Fi Pro, powered by eero Max 7,
supports wired speeds up to 9.4 Gbps, wireless speeds up to 4.3
Gbps. Wi-Fi Pro, powered by eero Pro 6E, network speeds up to 2.3
Gbps when using both wired (up to a gigabit) and wireless (up to
1.6 Gbps). In addition to eero’s support and advanced security
features, Astound manages all licensing, network management,
troubleshooting, and maintenance.
“Wi-Fi Pro is an ideal offering for small businesses, providing
eero software and hardware to run their business securely while
also providing access for their customers,” said Patrick Knorr,
Chief Commercial Officer, Astound Business Solutions. “By teaming
up with eero, we can deploy mesh wifi to deliver Wi-Fi Pro’s
powerful, flexible gateway as the natural evolution of our wireless
offerings.”
Astound’s previously launched Custom Wi-Fi covers larger
enterprise deployments, and its Business Wi-Fi offering serves
medium enterprises. For small businesses, Wi-Fi Pro can be deployed
with a single access point, bringing a company to the ground level
of wireless coverage. It is ideal for businesses with gigabit+
plans with up to 100 connected devices or use throughput-intensive
and latency-sensitive applications such as multiple high resolution
video conferencing calls.
Wi-Fi Pro is available on HSI and BCI. eero’s intuitive, easy
setup enables non-technical users to create a customized wifi
experience. It gives customers low-cost access to wireless services
and eero Insight - a web portal experience that is clean and easy
to maneuver. It empowers network admins and small business owners
to manage how their network operates without spending time waiting
for customer support.
“I’m always excited when we have an opportunity to bring fast,
reliable, and secure connectivity for businesses,” said Mark
Sieglock, eero EVP, Software and Services. “That’s why we’re
thrilled to team up with Astound to offer small businesses the
tools they need to manage wifi and deliver a great internet
experience to their employees and guests.”
For more information on the offering:
https://www.astound.com/business/smb/internet/wifi/
About Astound Business Solutions
Astound Business Solutions provides IT leaders with
high-capacity, secure connectivity for their mission-critical
applications while increasing overall agility and responsiveness. A
part of Astound Broadband, the award-winning national
telecommunications provider offers advanced solutions that are
delivered over a diverse, carrier-grade network that provides the
speed, bandwidth, and reliability businesses need to support
growing data demands.
With coast-to-coast connectivity to over 75,000 business
customers, Astound Business Solutions maintains a local,
customer-centric approach, with dedicated industry experts on-hand
around the clock to help businesses stay on top of today’s evolving
IT technology and remain competitive in their markets. Visit
https://www.astound.com/business/about/
About eero
eero was founded to make wifi and networking the way they should
be—fast, reliable, secure, and built for the future. After
introducing the first home mesh wifi system, eero is known for
award-winning hardware and software and continues to create
connectivity solutions for individuals, businesses, communities,
and service providers. Founded and headquartered in San Francisco
in 2014, eero is an Amazon company. For more information, visit
eero.com.
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