Fiji island resort gets high-speed Internet access
30 July 2003
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Guests on Treasure Island Resort, in the Mamamuca Islands of Fiji, now have high-speed Internet access thanks to Telecom Fiji and 4RF Communications. The resort, which occupies the entire island, is using 4RF's Aprisa digital radio technology to link the island with Viti Levu for voice and data communications.
Telecom Fiji signed a distribution agreement for advanced performance microwave radios with 4RF and Treasure Island was the first field trial to prove the technology. Following the successful installation and testing of the technology, it has been accepted by Telecom Fiji and the link purchased.
Treasure Island Resort previously had limited Internet access via a dial-up modem, but the system was often unreliable and staff experienced frustrating delays re-establishing lost connections and uploading data. The resort maintains its own network server on the island, providing point-of-sale customer support for billing accommodation, meals, drinks and recreational activities. The server (on Treasure Island) is connected via the radio link to the resort's mainland office in Lautoka in a virtual local area network (VLAN), where the reservations and bookings are processed.
The Treasure Island link, which delivers Internet access at speeds of 128 or 256 Kbps, together with 10 to 15 voice circuits, is helping co-ordinate booking reservations and the logistics management of food and provisions, staff and services.
The new 4RF technology is more robust and reliable in terms of connectivity to the Internet with minimum dropouts since it is unaffected by most weather and atmospheric conditions. It provides for high-speed Internet/data and e-mail connection, high quality telephone and fax services, and is able to provide services over long distances on line of sight from Telecom Fiji stations. This service is 'always-on and available' with a dedicated IP connection with the billing based only on volume of traffic and not the time connected.
4RF Communications engineers high-performance point-to-point microwave radio systems and is represented in South Africa by Spescom MeasureGraph.
For more information contact Van Zyl Koegelenberg, Spescom MeasureGraph, 011 266 1572, [email protected]
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