technology deployed in bella bella b.c canada (2005)

Technology deployed in Bella Bella B.C Canada (2005)

• Remote Areas

• 350 miles north of major city center

• E – Education Classroom

• Initial installation 2005

Advanced Interactive Joint Ventured with M.I.K to form Rural First Broadband Inc.

“To Connect & Protect”

Advanced Interactive Inc.  engineers solutions that increase access speeds to the Internet in remote communities such as:

Alaska, American Samoa, northern Canada, Hawaii, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Tahiti, Tonga, Uganda, etc.

www.ruralfirstbroadband.com

• International Presence• Over 55 Years in Business

• 690 Employees• Over 600,000 sq/ft of facilities

worldwide

Applications to Industry Canada were procured, equipment was purchased, programmed and mounted on an existing broadcast tower in a rural community called Whitecourt, Alberta.

Proof of Concept using UHF

We took our knowledge base from the cable plant and applied it to wireless.

Initially we were astonished to find that the footprint of coverage to be a 50km radius or ~8000 Sq/Km.

Residential Viability

After proof of concept the organic migration of live customers on system was achieved.

The first system took 4 years of residential installs and thousands of hours of tweaking and fine tuning to fully understand the abilities & Limitations of the 'White Space' Technology.

This gave rise to the second system servicing Grande Prairie, Alberta and its surrounding areas.

Term to describe the UHF Spectrum.

Term to describe the UHF Spectrum.

Financial Investment of

$15 Million Canadian Dollars.

Financial Investment of

$15 Million Canadian Dollars.

Alberta Coverage Map

UHF Coverage footprints along the Highway 43 Alaska Highway in Western Canada

Each system has an approximate coverage of 50km radius or 8,000 square km.

• 40,447 Residential Homes• 4,272 Businesses• Thousands of Well Heads• 12 First Nation

Settlements

Covering Over

Types of Connectivity

Fiber

Speed etc.

DSL

Cable

Fiber

Speed etc.

DSL

Cable

Wikipedia different connectivity definitions

Missing Connectivity page

Table

Benefit review of different connectivity vs each other. Cloe research

Pics

Wireless Spectrum

Licensed- UHF 500Mhz-899MhzUnlicensed-

900Mhz-2.4Ghz

-Lower frequency allows for greater signal penetration through foliage.

-Higher frequency are blocked and/or has difficulty penetrating through foliage.

-Near Line of Sight allows signal to “Bend” around hills and valleys.

-Line of Sight requires a non obstructed path between transmission and receive antennas for connectivity.

-Competitors cannot cause interference on licensed allocated frequency.

-Non licensed frequency transmission by many carriers cause interference resulting in non reliable service

Backhaul

Prioritizing traffic and adding in Quality of Service (QOS)

Priority Broadband

Case StudyWireless broadband communication system

Case StudyWireless broadband communication system

Fox Creek distance (Case Study of a complete application of

the System)

Over 5,000 Well Heads

Our Industrial Broadband Network provides reliable broadband services to Rural Industries, businesses, mining,

oil & gas well heads and camps

Atco TrailerPerson on computerMine

pit

Mine pit

Gas well

Gas well

Our business broadband Network

White board hopping show

Residential Broadband System

Rapid Deployment

• Quick deployment for recovery of any system tower issue

• Emergency response during disaster relief

• Quick deployment for recovery of any system tower issue

• Emergency response during disaster relief

24/7 Monitoring

3 – 4 highlight points

3 – 4 highlight points

3 – 4 highlight points