2022 ISP SUMMIT: Using FWA, FTTP to increase resiliency and access

By Amanda OYE

TORONTO – One of the things Canadians learned the hard way this past July when Rogers had its nationwide outage, is how important network resiliency – and redundancy – is, especially when it comes to essential services. During a panel on how operators are leveraging fixed wireless access and fibre to the premise to fix the digital divide yesterday at the Canadian Network Operators of Canada’s 2022 ISP Summit, Shaun Brennan (above, right), regional sales manager at Calix, explained they have been seeing demand lately for fixed wireless as a complement to fibre for resiliency purposes. Noting the Rogers outage...