Testimonials

Northwest COOP

“We turned to Aztek Network’s ESA switch because we found it to be both a reliable and cost-effective solution for Emergency Stand Alone needs,” said Dwight Schmitt, CEO at Northwest Communications Cooperative. “With our large service area, it is essential that our outlying rural customers continue to have telephone service in the event of a network outage.”

Nemont Ensures Continuous 9-1-1 and Local Calling Access With Aztek’s ESA

“It is essential that we provide ESA capabilities for local calling in the remote areas of rural Montana that we serve,” explained Mike Kilgore, Plant Operations Manager for Nemont Telephone Cooperative. “We turned to Aztek’s ESA solution as we were upgrading our aging and deteriorating copper based plant to Fiber-To-The-Home technology…which allowed us to collapse our switching network, increase network reliability and reduce our operating expenses, all while maintaining our ability to provide local calling service in the unlikely event that we were to lose network connectivity to the host office, which is nearly 40 miles away.”

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Oregon Telephone Corporation Turns to Aztek For Switch Collapse

“We installed Aztek’s ESA technology to continue offering customers the services they need while simultaneously ensuring network resiliency,” said Steve Schweitzer, Plant Manager, at Oregon Telephone Corporation.

“The ability to provide a remote switch and dial tone for local calling and 9-1-1 is critically vital. The addition of the Aztek 5000S provides ESA capabilities and allows our organization to remove dated equipment and transition customers to a newer network. As a result we have been able to offer the same high level of reliability while providing them with new services and reducing our operating costs.”