Fixed wireless only viable option for redundant network

By Perry Hoffman

OTTAWA - “If you’ve got wired technology as your core, primary service, to have a redundant service that is also wired is almost nonsensical,” says Allan Laudersmith, vice-president of sales at TeraGo Networks.Speaking at the Canadian Telecommunications Consultants Association Capitalizing on Collaboration event in Ottawa last week, Laudersmith says it’s imperative that a company have a mix of wired and wireless network services available. With two wired services – one primary and one redundant – a company will be without connectivity in the event of a construction mishap that cuts the lines because “they’re coming into the building through the...