It’s that time of year in Scottsdale: the Barrett-Jackson auto show has returned, bringing with it enthusiastic crowds excited by the classic car auctions. Barrett-Jackson is the premier event of its kind, auctioning cars ranging from the 1950’s to 1970’s.

Like Sparkplug, Barrett-Jackson is also headquartered in Scottsdale. So it was a natural fit for our company to provide high-capacity Internet services for the show here.
Sparkplug’s fixed wireless service is ideally suited for events that are short in duration or for temporary business services that drive high demand for capacity – both data transport and Internet access.

Sparkplug excels in this space because of our fast install timeframes and bandwidth scaling. While our standard install is five business days for business broadband, for certain events – like Extreme Makeover: Home Edition — we have deployed connections in as little as four hours. Unlike Sparkplug’s wireless network, traditional providers have limits to available capacity or to access to a location.

Another great example of the wireless advantage is temporary business services. In December, Sparkplug installed a 100Mbps point-to-point transport link for Lumension, a large IT company:

Lumension is moving their corporate office to Scottsdale, but they need to have connectivity back to their old office while they transition.

Just some examples of the events or temporary services we have supported recently include:
• December 2009 – 100Mbps and 10 Mbps Internet Access for AT&T Developers Conference (Baskow & Associates) at the Palms Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas).
• December 2009 – 100Mbps point-to-point transport for Lumension (Scottsdale, AZ)
• November 2009 – 3Mbps Internet Access for The Ironman Race in Tempe, Arizona
• October 2009 – 30Mbps Internet Access for Barrett-Jackson in Las Vegas
• March 2009 – Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

You can read more detail about the Barrett-Jackson show happening this week on our website