Project - Telecommunications Upgrades / Fiber Run

Telecommunications Upgrades

Telecommunications needed to keep pace with company growth - we were dropping calls. It was noticed that some incoming telephone lines were damaged and unusable.

Because the lines had been improperly buried in the floor under concrete, we could not replace the existing trunk line. We faced a one year lead time to run a new trunk to the Demarcation point. With limited options available, we opted to re-purpose the bell lines by moving to a digital PRI (freeing 21 telephone lines).


Rebuilding Network

Network traffic had tripled as the company grew to over 100 computers across three locations. While the cabling in the buildings met 100 Base-T standards, they did not all use the same cable scheme. This caused errors on some of the older equipment. We redeveloped the network, relocating switching closets and running 1000 Base-T cabling. To meet fire rating requirements, plenum based wiring was used throughout the building. Transceivers were purchased for the already existing HP ProCurve switches located in the main closet, significantly increasing network performance. The change-over was made over a weekend to ensure no downtime.

Internet Fiber

Our Internet DSL connection was saturating, and we needed to set up a dedicated secure VPN to handle the traffic of a new remote virtual server that was hosted by our ISP and configured to be part of our network. It was decided that we would install a fiber connection, and worked with our ISP and the City of Mississauga Transportation and Works Department on the installation. To ensure 99% availability, we re-purposed the DSL modem, using it as a backup and had the Cisco devices programmed to hold all communications in memory until committed through either the primary or backup connection. The connection remained up for over 8 years, never once dropping. The DSL backup worked flawlessly when a car accident severed the fiber connection.