goRoam Brings Connectivity to a One-of-a-Kind Mobile Office

goRoam Brings Connectivity to a One-of-a-Kind Mobile Office

Challenge

One client of goRoam approached them looking to solve a problem. He operates an insurance agency that sells policies specifically to teachers. He had the brilliant idea of taking an old school bus and modifying it into a complete mobile office. The problem was that he wasn’t sure how to bring his own internet into the mobile office to carry out business activities with clients.

Because of the nature of his work, he had to meet stringent security requirements. The area in which he works presented additional challenges. He needed secure and reliable internet across a broad swath of rural Texas. He also required support for an IP phone connected to his home office. Lastly, he needed a guest network so that teachers could access their information before and during their appointments.

In this scenario, the goRoam team had to evaluate which provider would be strongest at most of his locations and give him the ability to add more if he ran into trouble. The client was on a waitlist for Starlink but didn’t know how long it would take him to get it. He needed to start working immediately and add Starlink to his network once it became available. It was all about flexibility going into an unknown environment.

Solution

Peplink provides the most flexibility in where you can travel and how you can adapt to the local environment. So, goRoam gave him a full Peplink solution. He purchased goRoam’s Working from Roam package with a dual-cellular Peplink router. An active Care Plan allows him to utilize the full suite of Peplink’s SpeedFusion technology. They were able to set up both a highly secure private wireless network for transmitting sensitive data, and separate public network to allow clients to access the internet while in the office. The final pieces of the solution are a Peplink Mobility antenna and Verizon mobile broadband SIM card.

Result

It works flawlessly. He can bring his business to his clients. They’ve had big storms and had major power outages during the winter, but he’s been able to maintain uninterrupted connectivity. His configuration prioritizes key business applications such as Zoom, Google Workspace, and Microsoft teams, and routes them through a secure, resilient SpeedFusion tunnel. Often, he’ll have a client in his mobile office, and they’ll need to bring their spouse in via video or over the phone. His router is preconfigured to allow them to make those calls over a guest network.