Central and Eastern Cheshire Primary Care Trust operate a number of licensed and unlicensed radio link. When they needed to connect a new building in Middlewich into their existing network infrastructure, they came to Aerelink for expert help. Universal House is a new building, housing the PCT’s training centre. To minimize costs, the Trust wanted to connect to an existing building, already well served with network links to the rest of their network.

Upon survey, Aerelink’s engineers discovered that the Line of Sight between the two sites was poor, and a radio link was unfeasible. There was, however, a Vodafone Cellular mast between the two. A climb and a line of sight test quickly verified that the link was feasible, and permissions from Vodafone were sought.

Aerelink managed the negotiations with Vodafone, and the project management of the build and site share arrangements, and six months after the initial surveys, two Motorola PTP-600 links were installed. The customer now has a fast, reliable link, installed at a fraction of the cost of the leased line alternative.