Case Study: American Electric Cooperative achieves seamless LTE migration and centralized substation management with Peplink

Electric Cooperative Seamlessly Migrates Substations to LTE Connectivity

American Electric Service Provider faced an urgent migration when their EVDO network was scheduled for shutdown, forcing a move to LTE across roughly 50 substations. They required new modems that supported 3G/4G LTE, wired Ethernet, external antennas, 24 V DC power, rugged enclosures, extreme temperature operation, and centralized management. Peplink was identified as the vendor able to meet these needs.

A Peplink partner deployed the MAX BR1 Mini at each substation and implemented Peplink’s InControl 2 cloud management. The MAX BR1 Mini delivered LTE, Wi‑Fi and Ethernet connectivity in a compact, -40° to 149°F-rated rugged unit with GPS and antenna support, while InControl 2 enabled central monitoring of about 50 devices. As a result, the American Electric Service Provider smoothly migrated to LTE, now centrally manages all substations, and can quickly identify and resolve connectivity issues.