Co-founded by Peter Goldman and Chad Lockey in 2000, Goldman Lockey Consulting provides IT solutions for San Francisco’s creative media professionals. Working on either an individual project or ongoing support-contract basis, the firm designs, implements and supports integrated IT infrastructures and solutions for the advertising, graphic design, interactive and film/video industries.

 

Goldman Lockey became a Speakeasy (News - Alert) Partner because Speakeasy is filling a void in the marketplace for connectivity that was lacking in San Francisco.

 

“Speakeasy’s offerings are dead-on what we need for our customer base,” says Peter Goldman, Partner, Goldman Lockey Consulting. “Business Ethernet is a great example of that, and for smaller clients the ADSL2 is spectacular in terms of performance and price.”

 

The firm has also been impressed by the quality of communication and support they receive from Speakeasy. “They go above and beyond what I expect from a provider.”

 

 

For the past six years, Goldman Lockey has been providing complete outsourced IT for Eleven Inc., a prominent advertis­ing agency in San Francisco. Eleven’s bandwidth needs had outgrown their 3.0 Mbps Bonded T1 solution, but the alternatives were not ideal.

 

“We knew Business Ethernet was coming to the San Francisco area,” says Goldman, “but we didn’t know if we’d be able to wait long enough.”

 

They considered going up to four T1s for a total of 6.0 Mbps or installing a fractional DS3 line for 9.0 Mbps. Either of those options would have been much more expensive and more complex to manage. Speakeasy Business Ethernet came along just in time with the perfect solution – a 10.0 Mbps connection with 99.99% uptime guarantee and a much lower price per megabit.

 

“Nothing else in the marketplace is really matching it right now,” says Goldman.

 

Business Ethernet is the ideal solution for Eleven Inc.’s growing connectivity needs. The advertising agency now has plenty of bandwidth for their expanding staff. Large file transfers come in quickly from outside sources and go out efficiently to clients and vendors. This is particularly important now because files are getting bigger as the agency expands video production. Eleven also works with major clients who maintain databases that can only be accessed over VPNs. With 10.0 Mbps of symmetrical bandwidth, that access is virtually effortless.

 

The amazing thing about Speakeasy Business Ethernet is that it’s much less expensive and easier to manage than any other option. Rather than paying more for less, Eleven Inc. enjoys exceptional performance at a great price.

 

“Business Ethernet hits it right on the head for our clients with intensive bandwidth needs. It’s great speed, both up and down, at the right price,” said Goldman. “And Speakeasy has a great reputation for excellent support and excellent service, unlike larger companies where you’re just a nobody amongst millions.”