A broadband network within schools increases its network capacity and enhances their ability to run data, distance learning, video conferencing, VoIP, student administration and human resources applications.

These gains can be achieved with no quality difference over a legacy telco network.

Using the AN-50e for access and backhaul services can provide connectivity to:

• More than 7,000 students
• In remote locations
• Over a 27,394 square mile (70,950 square km) geographical area

Annual wireline costs for a network of this extent are in excess of one million dollars for bandwidth alone.

Case Study:

Charlotte County Public Schools
in Port Charlotte, Florida, USA
Connectivity to schools severely impacted by the hurricanes were restored in a week or less.

Mobile County Public School - for which Trillion operates one of the largest school broadband wireless networks in the country - experienced success in restoring wireless connectivity within a week of Hurricane Ivan making landfall. Margaret Blake, director of information technology, said, “There were serious problems with cellular and many people couldn’t call out. We had no problems using e-mail to contact anyone outside the school district. We certainly didn’t expect that kind of recovery in such a short time.”

Case Study:

Mobile County Public School, Alabama, USA
Connectivity to schools severely impacted by the hurricanes were restored in a week or less

Building a broadband wireless LAN/WAN infrastructure was not without its challenges.

The 3 km point-to-point (PTP) connection required connectivity through a small forest of treetops. The link was to be used for running business and medical applications, as well as backhaul from another PTP connection for VoIP.

Redline’s solution conquered this non-line-of-sight (NLOS) environment with a reliable, high-speed wireless connection that delivered the robustness of wireline services without the monthly costs.

Case Study:

Keewatin-Patricia School District, Ontario, Canada
Cost-effective way to increase bandwidth in challenging environments

Our decision to use Redline was driven by our overriding goal to increase bandwidth and performance,” said Del Schmucker, Information Systems Manager at Keewatin-Patricia District School Board. “Redline’s AN-50 offered the right combination of power, flexibility and low risk. In addition, the non-line-of-sight capabilities, speed of implementation, reach, low latency and costs, and customization features made it the ideal choice for a very challenging environment. With Redline we can meet bandwidth requirements today and have lots of room to grow. And, we managed to have it all up and running within 120 days of the project launch.”

A cost-effective way to increase bandwidth in challenging environments

Case Study:

Hart County School System, Hart County, Georgia
Cost-effective way to increase bandwidth in challenging environments

The ice storm paralyzed much of the state and shut down most of South Carolina and closed the schools

Hart County's original two AN-50 links, each roughly five miles apart, were harassed by tall trees and exposed to the full force of the storms ice and high winds. They remained in operation throughout the storm, even when competing systems failed due to the weather, said Mike Hurley, Director of Technology with the Hart County School System.