Newmarket gets Wimaxed up

NEWMARKET IN SUFFOLK is soon to receive a new service that beams high performance Internet connectivity to businesses in the area using WiMAX-ready fixed wireless radio signals from CI-Net.

CI-Net’s service, known as, RedKite ‘leased line in the sky’ will offer businesses 2-100 MB/per second symmetric Internet connections which will be delivered by a wireless base station providing wireless signals in a radius of up to 10 km.

Outdoor RedKite antennas will pick up the signals allowing bandwidth to be transferred directly to their LAN via standard Ethernet connections.

Graham Mclean of CI-Net said, “We’re providing an affordable alternative to conventional leased line Internet connections which are expensive to deliver in relatively rural areas such as Newmarket where large distances need to be dug up to lay cable.”

Mclean said further that those firms who can’t afford a leased line tend to go for the cheaper ADSL broadband which adds pressure to the broadband connection in that area – RedKite will hopefully solve this problem.

The RedKite service provides 99.9 per cent availability backed by a Service Level Agreement (SLA) that gives customers service credits if CI-Net fails to meet this performance.

RedKite is already available in ten UK locations, but will be introduced to Newmarket in the New Year.

“Some businesses choose RedKite as an additional connection alongside their wired service with automatic load balancing and failover. By having your wired service backed up by a separate wireless service you can build in true resilience and business continuity,” said Mclean. µ

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