VGI Know-how, an skilled Web Service Supplier (ISP) primarily based in Texas, and Tarana Company, producer of the next-generation Gigabit 1 (G1) Mounted Wi-fi Entry (ngFWA) platform, introduced the distinctive progress of their energetic G1 deployments in Marble Falls and Horseshoe Bay, Texas.
VGI gives high-quality Web entry in addition to video surveillance, safety, entry management, and residential automation. The corporate is domestically owned and has been serving Texas communities since 2002.
Tarana is the originator of the ngFWA class, a brand new broadband expertise engineered by means of greater than a decade of analysis and improvement that options two main trade breakthroughs: true interference cancellation in each licensed and unlicensed spectrum, and excellent non-line-of-sight (NLoS) efficiency. In consequence, service suppliers can lastly ship market-leading broadband speeds the place fiber is impractical or unimaginable.
With years of conventional FWA expertise, the VGI staff was initially skeptical of the unprecedented claims made concerning the G1’s efficiency.
Nonetheless, after making an attempt out the product in late 2021 and seeing obtain speeds of as much as 600Mbps in a bustling city atmosphere, they grew to become believers in Tarana’s ardour. VGI now has a whole bunch of consumers on energetic G1 networks, with many extra installations coming in 2023.
VGI had extra motive to be excited concerning the G1’s capabilities than different ISPs. Whereas Marble Falls and Horseshoe Bay are stunning trip locations and a retirement dream for a lot of Texans, the land in that space is strong granite. This makes trenching impractical, and since over-the-air fiber just isn’t an choice for aesthetic causes in these communities, wi-fi is the one viable broadband choice. Earlier than the G1, this meant wildly unreliable service and insufficient web speeds.
Now with Tarana ngFWA, wi-fi would not have to return with compromise. Members of the Marble Falls and Horseshoe Bay neighborhood, who beforehand settled on service plans of simply 5-50Mbps, can now rise up to 400Mbps on VGI’s G1 community. One finish person reported that this was “the very best service Horseshoe Bay has ever provided”.
ngFWA just isn’t solely a game-changer for VGI’s purchasers, but in addition for his or her companies. On a single Tarana Base Node (BN) put in on a water tower overlooking Horseshoe Bay, they’ve over 130 energetic purchasers linked. Earlier applied sciences have been restricted to 30 prospects in a single sector. This large enhance in capability has diminished the variety of tower climbs and made large-scale deployment considerably sooner.
With the long-battled broadband drawback in Horseshoe Bay resolved, the native authorities and broadband fee are constructing 3 new towers particularly to assist VGI’s growth of Tarana-backed ngFWA networks. Having completed their mission of offering higher web service to the neighborhood, the Horseshoe Bay Broadband Fee is now disbanded.
Scott Gibbs, CEO, VGI Know-how
Tarana has allowed us to deliver actual excessive velocity web to a spot the place it by no means existed. That is unprecedented efficiency from wi-fi expertise, and we’re actually excited to proceed increasing our G1 networks to offer extra distant prospects with the next high quality connection.
Mike Calabrese, Vice President of International Gross sales for Tarana
VGI Service Areas is a first-rate instance of why the Tarana staff flipped the script on mounted wi-fi. Residents of Marble Falls and Horseshoe Bay not must sacrifice web high quality to stay there. We’re very proud to be part of this achievement and sit up for many extra success tales with the VGI staff.