Wireless Internet
HANTSPORT-MESH was designed with the idea of benefiting not only the business community in Hantsport but also families and members of the community for whom internet access may be either new or difficult to acquire.
The HANTSPORT-MESH service is not designed to completely replace home Internet services. HANTSPORT-MESH is limited to a set of specific internet capabilities, and does not allow anything beyond these offered services: web browsing, secure (SSL) web browsing for online commerce or banking, VPN (virtual private networking for secure business links, for work from home applications) and email. Due to limited resources, the Town cannot provide technical support for the users of the network. We will provide support for the network equipment itself, and we aim to provide 99.9% availability in terms of network operations. If you are having difficulty accessing the network, it may be helpful to contact your regular technical support person for help. Residents should be able to access the network all along Main Street, on parts of Prince and William streets, in the Community Center building, by the pool and in the park, and in the areas around the park, and in parts of School Street and Chittick Avenue. When the fourth mesh radio is deployed, parts of Avon Street, Davison Street, Foundry Road, Cottage Street, Oak Street and Porter's Avenue will be covered, including part of the industrial areas on the waterfront.
Because the Mesh technology we have used is scalable and easy to expand, in future years likely more radios will be deployed to increase coverage in terms of area and quality of connection. Because of the multitude of factors that can affect wireless network coverage, we can only speak in general terms with regard to actual network coverage. Network coverage may vary according to atmospheric conditions, weather, and season.
Matthew Povah, I.T. Specialist,
Town of Hantsport
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