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Algoma District Community Network

Broadband (High-speed Internet) Overview

Broadband (high-speed Internet) is coming to the unorganized townships north of the Sault as well as Hawk Junction and the Michipicoten FN areas. The same program will also see the installation of new cell sites at Heyden, Camp River and Flour Bay to provide enhanced cellular coverage along the Hwy 17 corridor. wireless_gen_sm

The Internet Service Provider (ISP) will use wireless technology to deliver broadband (high-speed Internet) to the subscribers' premises. Figure 1 illustrates the basic components of wireless broadband (high-speed Internet) system. This wireless system is completely different from Wi-Fi or satellite systems.

Access points (AP) or wireless base stations are usually collocated at cellular tower sites. The broadband (high-speed Internet) system uses the spare capacity of the cellular network backhaul system to connect to the Internet point-of presence (PoP).

While the wireless broadband (high-speed Internet) system shares some infrastructure with the cellular network, they are separate vendor offerings. It is not necessary to be a cellular subscriber to obtain wireless broadband (high-speed Internet) service or vice versa.

Figure 2 shows a typical AP and subscriber module (SM). ap_sm_sm

The system is designed to provide download speeds of up to 4 mbps and upload speeds of up to 512 kbps. The cost will be $37.95 plus taxes per month.

What will interfere with the signal?

Anything in the path between the subscriber and the access point can block the signal. Trees and buildings are common issues. If you have a clear, optical line of sight, the service will almost certainly work. It is possible that you will have radio frequency interference in/near your location from devices such as cordless telephones and the subscriber might have to deactivate any such devices to allow desired operation of the internet service