Combining Existing Towers and New Towers to Service Lakeside Residents

CENGN residential broadband blueprints are made available to the public. Each blueprint showcases a broadband deployment barrier and the tech solution to overcome internet connectivity across Canada.

Problem:Modernize the high-speed Internet service for residences distributed among several disparate small towns in a forested and hilly lake area.

Tech Solution: The solution utilized the following to reduce network costs and accelerate deployment timeframes

  • Multiple wireless technologies to overcome terrain topology, tree cover, line of sight, and sub-scriber distance conditions and constraints.
  • Tall water and fire towers for fixed wireless access points.
  • Wi-Fi mesh network technology to provide ubiquitous and continuous connectivity within a town core and selected public areas.

This blueprint is intended as an information resource for any stakeholder or individuals interested in or looking to undertake the delivery of rural residential high-speed internet, including:

  • Community professionals and constituencies that work in municipal administration, business development, planning, public works, IT, and local residential high-speed Internet advocacy organizations.
  • Service providers interested in delivering residential high-speed Internet to rural communities.
  • Innovation and funding organizations aiming to accelerate or scale high-speed Internet related innovation, introduction, and return on investment (ROI).
  • Those interested in researching innovative Residential Broadband solutions.

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