Downlinking

Okay, so it would be sort of a lame, tired blog post if I called attention to a business just because their name was Mushroom Networks. Right? Well thankfully there's a bit more to it. See, Mushroom Networks isn't content with just naming their company after fungi... no they carry it to the next step.

What is it that they do? Well, this San Diego based company provides networking solutions. But just not any old solutions. Currently they have a $2,995.00 unit called the Truffle BBNA that "combines multiple Internet access lines, each on a 10/100baseT Ethernet interface, into a single aggregated Internet access line for HTTP downlink traffic, again on a 10/100baseT Ethernet interface."

But there's more. They also have a less expensive Porcini device that does something cool too. I'm not exactly sure what, but there are a lot of press releases and articles about it like this one.

What I hope is interesting about this is that they've placed the Truffle above the Porcini in the hierarchy of gourmet mushrooms. Hopefully they haven't backed themselves into a corner when they want to release their next product line. Oh sure, you could work your way down with a Morel or Chanterelle, but they've set the bar high if they want to top themselves.

photo from the broadbandbonding.com website