Case Study: Paulding County achieves reliable county-wide emergency connectivity with Mushroom Networks Portabella bonding solution

Emergency Management Agency utilizes Portabella to overcome lack of bandwidth in time critical situations

Paulding County’s Emergency Management Agency faced critical connectivity shortfalls in its Mobile Command Vehicle: no single cellular carrier provided reliable countywide coverage, and network downtime was disrupting mission‑critical services like VoIP, EHS and Citrix while the county moved toward a centralized phone platform. To address these challenges Paulding County selected Mushroom Networks and its Portabella 141 Bonding Appliance (Truffle‑based SD‑WAN with broadband bonding) to provide a single, integrated solution for data and voice connectivity.

Mushroom Networks deployed the Portabella 141 to bond multiple cellular data cards and orchestrate diverse ISP links, delivering aggregated bandwidth, fault tolerance and centralized device management. The result was restored uptime and reliable performance for VoIP, EHS, Citrix and cloud services, replacement of costly single‑ISP links, and consistent real‑time access for responding agencies — enabling the Mobile Command Vehicle to handle large transfers and simultaneous users across the county.

Paulding County

William Lyons

IT Director