Consulting on US cancer drug trials while living in the Port Hills, Christchurch, thanks to Wireless Nation

Many people are lured by the beauty of New Zealand and in Ginny Langmuir’s case she never left. Ginny, a successful pharmaceutical development consultant who was living in California, came to New Zealand for a holiday, met her future husband and settled down in Christchurch. Living in the suburbs wasn’t a problem – she could still carry on working as an independent consultant for small US pharmaceutical and biotech firms. However when she moved to the spectacular Port Hills, its distance from Telecom’s networks posed a problem.

She now lives at the end of a 3 kilometre gravel drive. DSL is not an option because the signal box is at least 5 kilometres away, severely deteriorating the signal quality. She has to download large documents for her work so discounted using a wireless connection. To allow her to continue as a consultant in the US, while living in New Zealand, she owns a US phone number. So Ginny researched satellite solutions which would allow her to still use her US number in her new home in the Port Hills. She hadn’t heard favourable things about some of the other companies, so decided to give Wireless Nation a call.
They had just the solution for her. Ali, Installation and Operation Manager, found a Wireless Nation customer nearby for her to try out their satellite phone connection. Satisfied, Ginny had Wireless Nation set up one up for her US number. She also got a CIR (Committed Information Rate) to provide usable quality on the phone. In addition, they provided her with an internet connection that met her requirements.

The solution allows her to conduct business no differently than when she worked from home in California. She can speak to her clients and make conference calls as if she was still living in the US, and despite living in the Port Hills; her internet connection is good enough for her to download large documents necessary for her work. An added bonus is her US number which allows her to keep in touch with her family back in the US and her parents in Canada for little or no cost.
“I’ve been very happy with the solution. Ali and the Wireless Nation team went the extra mile to meet my needs,” she says. “It’s so nice to pick up the phone and get someone on the other end as opposed to talking to a machine.”

If you live too far from DSL, and Wireless coverage is not good enough, then Wireless Nation is the answer. Wherever you live in New Zealand, and whether you conduct business here or on the other side of the world like Ginny, Wireless Nation has a solution for your phone and internet needs.
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