Al Agigi:
My name is Al Agigi. I’m the owner of Discount Corner. We are open 24/7, 365 days, always in operation.We offer a variety of stuff: merchandise, products, beer, liquor, cigarettes, cigars, anything. You name it.We have it. What set us apart is, first of all, being open and convenient 24/7. Second of all, I think we are the most upgraded station in the area as far as convenient card acceptance, the way you pay it. There is no limitation with us. And basically, it’s like you can get whatever you want at any time of the night.
Now what makes this really more unique is that because we have a lot of power failure in New Orleans and since everything is old in New Orleans and nothing has been upgraded since decades, we have a generator. We run the full operation, not partially, full operation all the time, even if there is no power allover the city. We can run for another 20 days on their own. Connection is number one nowadays. It’s because the pumps are communicating through the IP addresses to the registers, to the masters in the front, and even to the firewall in the back in the back office. And connection, I think internet connection is number one in any business operation, even seconds count.
Why I choose Uniti is because it’s underground. Fiber, underground, stable. And that’s the key for us, especially when you’re doing business in New Orleans. We need something that operates even in hurricanes or in bad weather, which is an underground service. So we needed an underground service.The installation process was pretty smooth and it was very clean. They came and cleaned it up, everything, whatever mess they made. They poured cement. They bring everything underground, all the way to the building. The service, it’s been very great. It’s been very stable. No downtime. But so far, I’ve been testing every day and I’ve been checking every day and everything is stable. No problem. And there’s no complaint from any of the employees up front when they’re working and there’s no complaint from customers. “Oh, my credit card didn’t go through,” or, the pumps are not in service because it’s not communicating, blah, blah, blah. And that’s why it’s very important to me to have a stable connection.
I’ve been calling all my friends, whoever in the business, like, “Look, you need to switch to this service if you have so much problems.” Because everything nowadays is communicating with internet, with AI, with all these advanced services that’s coming out in the next couple of years, you need actually more speed and you need more stable connections. And I would suggest Uniti to all business owners, especially in New Orleans, to take advantage of this opportunity.
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