Mobile mammography brings life-saving screening to communities without a fixed imaging center — from a vehicle that parks somewhere different every day. The catch: each study is hundreds of megabytes of DICOM data, radiologists need it fast, and there is no broadband, no reliable Wi-Fi, and no RF expert on site.
West Networks has served many mobile mammography clinics, and refined the connectivity across three generations of Peplink hardware.
Three generations
- Gen 1 — EPX + 12 bonded 4G modems. SpeedFusion aggregated all twelve into one tunnel — enough to upload a full day’s studies by end of shift. Still batch, and long LMR coax runs bled RF signal.
- Gen 2 — 10 bonded 5G modems. Fewer links, far more throughput. The bond crossed the threshold for real-time upload — radiologists could read studies while the clinic was still seeing patients.
- Gen 3 — Balance 580X + 8–10 BR1 Pro 5G in MAX Antennas. Each 5G modem now sits inside the roof antenna, inches from the elements: zero RF signal loss. A single Cat6a run replaces coax; the switch presents each BR1 Pro as a WAN via VLAN trunking; SpeedFusion bonds them all.
The outcome
Real-time DICOM upload as images are captured. Zero RF loss. No coax, no RF specialist at each site, PoE++ power from the 580X, and a standardized build that replicates across a fleet. In screening, time-to-results is patient care — and this architecture moves results hours, sometimes a full day, sooner.
If your disaster-recovery plan includes the word “failover,” you’re doing it wrong.
SpeedFusion internet bonding means increased performance, more uptime, and no failover — because the session was already riding every link.
Own your network. Peplink hardware is bought once and it lasts — it keeps bonding and routing with or without an active warranty or the cloud. No forced subscriptions, no required licenses.
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