Brief Case

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Brief Case 1

• Fixed Wireless in the Far North

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Fixed Wireless Business Case

• Fixed wireless solutions offer competitive
  internet speeds in remote locations, where
  otherwise internet connections were not
  available.
• Remote areas can therefore have businesses that
  will compete on an equal footing with the rest of
  the world

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Advantages of Fixed Wireless

• Can operate on a licensed frequency band, giving
  it greater range and speed than regular wi-fi
  internet.
• Businesses in remote locations will need this
  service due to the fact there are legitimate few
  alternatives
• The lack of competition lets the company limit
  the bandwidth.

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Disadvantages of Fixed Wireless

• The access points must function in all weather
  conditions.
• Maintenance on the firms infrastructure.
• Remote territory could prove costly and timely to
  service access points.

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Competition with Fixed Wireless

• In general the competition includes mobile
  wireless devices (ie. Cell phone and blackberry)
• T1 lines are dedicated internet lines that should
  see an increase in availability.

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Relation to petGRO

• PetGRO could greatly benefit from an upgrade to
  fixed wireless.
• Our current modem system is out of date, as only
  10 employees can access the internet at one time.
• The increased access and speed of the internet
  could change the dynamic of the entire
  corporation.

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Relation to Legal and Public Affairs

• A fixed wireless connection would enable us to
  better communicate with the media and customers.
• Our legal department could benefit by having
  improved access to online documents.
• Fixed wireless would enable us to communicate and
  respond in a more timely fashion with other FAs.