Kabel Noord
Blue Ridge Communications
Guadalupe Valley Telecommunications Cooperative
KeySpan Communications
Grande Communications
Comcast
Kabel Noord
Anton van der Hoek
“In a small country like the Netherlands word-of-mouth is very important. Once we started asking the question of what tools were available to us, Bentley’s name was mentioned many times. We took a close look at the Bentley tools and found that they were exactly what we needed.”
“The quality of our data has also improved – because the users like working in the Bentley environment we’re finding that designers and construction engineers are staying within the workflows and committing all changes to the as-built in the correct way.”
Blue Ridge Communications
Mike Semmel, Engineering Design Manager
“Blue Ridge would not have been able to do the work we have accomplished without the Bentley Communications software. We utilize an HFC architecture, and it allows us to easily keep track of all our plant and perform engineering calculations during the design process.”
To design one node would take a designer two days manually, and it now takes less than a quarter of that time with the Bentley software. We used to have to keep track of the number of amps in cascade. If a trunk amp needed changing, a designer would need two days to recalculate the system. Now, we change the trunk amp on the fly and continue designing. The amount of time saved by using the software is huge.”
The Locate Outage function “has proved to be very successful. We can practically pinpoint the exact location where the outage occurred.”
“The reports have saved us a lot of money. Rather than over-ordering hundreds of supplies to ensure we have adequate stock, the Material Requisition report provides the actual number of items required for the project. We don’t have a warehouse full of unnecessary parts.”
Guadalupe Valley Telecommunications Cooperative
Lance Brodbeck, Manager Engineering and Construction
“Because GVTC engineers now design directly in Bentley Fiber and Bentley Coax, time is saved by eliminating the step in which the Mapping department posted changes to the MicroStation maps. This also eliminated a verification step when items returned from Mapping.”
“Bentley Fiber and Coax modules also do all the engineering calculations on the fly. When a change is made in an existing design, the new design levels are automatically rippled throughout the design. This saves countless hours calculating new tap values.”
“Bentley Communications software and publishing technology put critical information at the fingertips of everyone in the GVTC organization. These tools offer everyone from Engineering to Sales the ability to access valuable information at any given time.”
KeySpan Communications
James Commisso, Lead Network Design Engineer
“The reliability of the Bentley Communications software is superb. Zero hours downtime related to hardware, software, or data loss was recorded in the last three years. The data was kept at 98 percent real-time accuracy. Systems of checks and balances are incorporated into the Bentley software which makes data errors very rare.”
“Our customers benefit greatly due to the Bentley Communications software, they trust our commitment to as-built documentation and our ability to quickly pinpoint system outages. Customers on our network know their service will not likely be interrupted due to documentation errors.”
“With the addition of our new build areas, we are able to provide fiber to the growing demand in New York City, Long Island, and New Jersey. We can provide capacity on transatlantic cable systems and collocation facilities in Europe through the cable landing sites on Long Island. Bentley’s Communication software’s reliability in engineering, designing, and managing the network has enabled us to meet our project goals and continue to expand the network and the business.”
Grande Communications
Billy Tucker, Design/Drafting Manager
“Using Bentley Communication’s FTTH functionality allowed us to not only implement FTTH in a timely fashion, but manage it as well. No other tool we evaluated would have given us the complete package we desired.”
COMCAST
Robert Hegarty, GIS Analyst
“The ability Bentley's Communications software provides to easily document network assets linked to a backend database has created a scale of efficiency previously unrealized in the CATV Engineering industry, and a potential of which the possibilities are only beginning to be tapped.”