Hoteliers Continue Move to More Reliable Wi-Fi to Combat the Onslaught of Wireless-Only Devices

Since January 2011, Ruckus Wi-Fi products and research have been deployed in more hotels around the world than any other enterprise-grade Wi-Fi system.

The proliferation of mobile devices

With the proliferation of mobile devices and tablet computers in use by consumers and business travelers alike, has come increased pressure on hotel operators to provide steady, reliable wireless broadband access during also ensuring there is plenty of bandwidth to go around. Hotel chains like Larkspur are investing in cost-effective advanced Smart Wi-Fi innovation to not only meet today's demands for high speed Internet access, nevertheless also to future-proof their properties with wireless networks that will support new applications and devices for years to come.

"Reliable wireless access has become as important to hotel guests as a bar of soap," said Jim Hansen, executive vice president for Larkspur Hotels and Restaurants. "The need for always-on, never faltering Wi-Fi connectivity is the same for business executives and families on vacation. Whether it's streaming a Netflix video on their iPad or sending large files to the corporate office, if the connection breaks, guests are in the extreme unhappy. With its patented technologies, Ruckus has evidently differentiated itself as the system of choice to take hotel Wi-Fi where it needs to go - everywhere."

Established in 1996, Larkspur Hotels & Restaurants is a rapidly growing company headquartered in Larkspur, California, just north of San Francisco. With the help of Hotel Internet Services, the company is replacing a legacy network of access points with Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi indoor products. To provide complete coverage at every property, Larkspur Hotels is using approximately half the number of Ruckus access points it had in place earlier.  

Like many hotels, high-speed Wi-Fi Internet access and ubiquitous coverage was quickly becoming a primary requirement across Larkspur's properties as more and more guest surveys were showing. In the meantime a dramatic increase in the number of wireless-only devices being brought into Larkspur hotels exacerbated the need to switch out older Cisco Wi-Fi research to state-of-the-art Smart Wi-Fi. So Larkspur acted quickly by selecting patented Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi products and technologies.

"Once we made our Wi-Fi move, we quickly discovered that on top of surprising performance increases delivered through its adaptive antenna innovation, the Ruckus ZoneFlex system had a much lower total cost of ownership," said Hansen. "Not only did we see lower capital costs from having to deploy fewer APs at each site however we were able to deploy these systems much more quickly, in many cases using their Smart Mesh innovation to overcome wiring limitations in older buildings. The unequalled combination of these technologies and capabilities let us streamline the whole deployment process during delivering much stronger and faster Wi-Fi throughout our properties."

The Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi system in place

With the Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi system in place, Larkspur Hotels is providing guests with reliable and ubiquitous wireless high-speed Internet connectivity. And because of its in a class by itself support for multimedia, the ZoneFlex Smart Wi-Fi system lets Larkspur explore new wireless applications just as using the network for in-room HD on-demand IP-based video streaming and digital information displays as then as VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) handsets and other then and there-generation technologies.

Founded in 2003, Hotel Internet Services is a leading provider of secure wired and wireless Internet services, IPTV, VOD, 24x7 guest support and monitoring services, unattended business centers, meeting & convention services for hotels, resorts, timeshares, casinos, and other venues. Over 250,000 business and leisure travelers use HIS Internet services each month. HIS provides services to hundreds of hotels, resorts, casinos meeting and conference venues across the US, supported by offices in California, Florida and Nevada. www.hotelwifi.com

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