Planned Parenthood Crosses the Road

The Shasta/Diablo regional headquarters of Planned Parenthood was outgrowing its central administration, education, and clinic building in Concord. Donation of a historic mansion across the street provided an opportunity to expand PP's campus. However, integrating voice and data for the mansion with headquarters was crucial. PPSD's learned that running a cable under the public street would take a minimum of 6 months and $75K.

Synertel suggested that teaming a Toshiba CTX IP-enabled phone system with PCOM secure wireless technology and PPSD's existing voice messaging system could solve the problem faster, and more affordably. For 2/3 of the budget of just the underground link, Synertel implemented a new Toshiba switch spanning both buildings - and provided a 7 year warranty!

Synertel worked with PPSD to install the wireless equipment within the guidelines of historic structure preservation - and 14 employees migrated to the new education center on time, and within budget.