Community Programs

High Speed Access? Yes Sir!

U.S. Navy Veterans Start Cyber Café to Connect Students at
Naval Training Center

• Problem: Web Access for Sailors at

Great Lakes Naval Station is Limited,
Slow & Lacks Printers to Print Letters
from Home, Course Assignments &
Pay Information. Offsite Locations are
Several Miles Away, Have
Inconvenient Hours & Are Expensive

• Solution: Create a Cyber Café Within

Walking Distance of Base using
Canopy Point-to-Point Wireless
Broadband for Fast, Reliable Web
Access

• Results: Flawless! Sailors Can

Purchase Low Cost Monthly Access
Packages to Use Café’s 15 Computers
and 4 Xboxes for Online Gaming. Also
Working with the School District to
Provide Free Access for High School
Students Doing Homework
Almost As Good As Being There
• Problem: U.S. Army Troops Stationed
in Iraq are Unable to Witness
Important Events Back in the States

• Solution: Freedom Call Foundation,

Not-for-Profit Public Charity, Partners
with Many Companies including
Motorola to Provide Real-Time
Videoconferencing Capabilities
Between Iraq and the U.S. Free of
Charge
• Results: Dazzling! Troops Have Been
Able to Visually Communicate with
Loved Ones. Highlights include:
– Seeing & Talking to their Newborn
Child for the First Time
– Talking to Their Mom on Mother’s
Day
– Coaching A Wife During a 12-Hour
Labor Resulting in the Birth of a Son
– Watching Their Child Walk Across
the Stage to Receive a High School
Diploma
 Home on the Wireless Range
Rural Community of 15,000 Receives $500,000 Grant from the Texas
Telecommunications Infrastructure

• Problem: The Basic Mission Of The

Community Network Was To Get Computers
And Internet Access To The Public, So Anyone
Could Walk In Off The Street And Access The
Internet

• Solution: Through a Grant from the Texas

Information Fund, the City is Providing Free
Internet Access at Public Locations

• Results: Fantastic! System Was Deployed At

Locations Such As: Wal-Mart, Churches,
Community Centers And Colleges. The
Housing Authority Locations Have Been
Extremely Successful. Kids Are Lined Up
Around The Buildings. In Fact, There Are
Multiple Computers At Many Locations,
Bringing The Total Number To 37 Spread
Throughout The 14 Access Points. And The
Leaders Are Impressed With Its Performance.
A Confirmed Reservation
High Speed Internet Connectivity for A Tribal College, Tribal Institutions &
Satellite Campuses is Achieved Through National Science Foundation Grant

• Problem: Nearly 1/3 of the Homes

on the Indian Reservation are
Without Basic Telephone Service
Let Alone Broadband

• Solution: As Part of a $6M

Project Sponsored by the National
Science Foundation, the Canopy
Wireless Broadband Network Was
Implemented

• Result: A Comprehensive
Network that Will Ultimately Deliver
Courses in Job Skills, Native
American Languages and General
Subjects to Every Home &
Community
 Building a Smart Environment:
A Powerful Economic Development Tool for Attracting Business
How the City of Fredericton is Becoming a Premier Technology Town in Canada

• Problem: Economic Development Plans

Were Designed to Attract Technology
Savvy Firms & Residents & Conventional
Communication Lines were Becoming Too
Expensive to Install, Maintain & Use

• Solution: Tower Sites Were Constructed

On City Properties & Partner Sites As Well
As Located On Water Towers, Rooftops,
Inside Buildings & On Traffic Signal Poles.
40 Buildings Are Connected To The
Network's Backbone By Canopy.

• Results: The Network helped Fredericton

Businesses Lower their Telecom Costs by
nearly 50%. It Also Represents A
Promising Economic Development Initiative
For Growing The Technology
Communications Business In The City.
When The Network Is Complete, It Will
Include All Of The City's Business Hotels,
Boardrooms And Public Green Spaces
 Keeping Data Local
The Indiana Data Center Provides Broadband Wireless
Access to Fort Wayne, Indiana

• Problem: Providing Affordable

Broadband Access to the Community
and Ultimately Attracting New Economic
Investment from Businesses

• Solution: Work In Concert With Civic &

Business Leaders to Develop A Long-
Term Broadband Plan To Ensure
Continued Economic Development.
Leveraged Powerful Right Of Way
Resources, To Off-set Cost Of Providing
High Quality Broadband Services At
Reasonable Prices

• Results: Aggressively Pursued the

Concept of Keeping Local Data Local
Bridging the Continental Divide
Colorado WISP Turns to BWA As Viable Alternative to Cable &
DSL for Residential Customers in Northern Part of State

• Problem: Eliminating the Digital

Divide in Underserved Areas of
Northern Colorado. Tried
Numerous Wireless Broadband
Products Based Mostly on WLAN
Technology & Experienced
Scalability Problems, Interference
Issues & Cost Constraints

• Solution: Installed the Canopy

System in early 2002

• Results: Spectacular. Now

Serving Over 3,000 Subscribers
 The Highest Point in Republic
Wireless Broadband is a One Stop Solution

• Problem: Heavily Populated with Gen X-

ers and Gen Y-ers (40% of the City’s
Residents are Between the Ages of 20
and 35) Republic Lacked any Broadband
Internet Service

Solution: NextLink Communications is

Serving Frederick – Located in Southwest
Missouri - with a Population of 8,500

• Results: The Canopy Broadband

Solution Has Demonstrated its Ability to
Serve as a Great Lure for Businesses
That Need High-Speed Data & Internet
Access. Before the Canopy Solution was
Available, the Company had to Either
Lease a Fiber Link or a T1 Line that
Stretched Entire 13 miles from Springfield
to Republic, a Monthly Recurring Cost of
up to $1000 per Month