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Technology founder in Bella Bella B.C Canada (2005)

• Remote Areas

• 350 miles north of major city center

• E – Education Class room

• Initial installation 2005

Advanced InteractiveJoint Venture with M.I.K to

form Rural First Broadband Inc“To Connect & Protect”

Blurb on AI

www.ruralfirstbroadband.com

•International Presence

•Corporate Governance

•Over 55 Years in Business

•Over 600,000 sq/ft Warehouse Factories worldwide

Applications to Industry Canada were procured, equipment was purchased, programmed and mounted on a existing broadcast tower in a rural community called Whitecourt, Alberta.

Proof of Concept using UHF

We took our knowledge base from the cable plant and applied it to wireless.

initially we were astonished to find that the footprint of coverage to be a 50km radius or ~8000 km.

Residential ViabilityAfter proof of concept the organic migration of live customers on system was achieved.

The first system took 4 years of residential installs and thousands of hours of tweaking and fine tuning to fully understand the abilities & Limitations of the 'White Space' Technology.

This gave rise to the second system servicing Grande Prairie, Alberta and its surrounding areas.

Term to describe the

UHF Specturm.

Financial cost of $15 Million

Canadian Dollars.

Alberta Coverage Map

UHF Coverage footprints along the Highway 43 Alaska Highway

Each system has an approximate coverage of 50km radius or 8,000 square km.

• 50,000 Homes • 3,200 Businesses• Thousands of Well Heads• 12 First Nation

Settlements

Covering Over

Types of ConnectivityFiber

DSL

Cable

Previous slide was types of connectivity, this slide needs to be enhanced on different wireless system

types, capabilities, features and benefits of our wireless systems

Wireless Spectrum

Licensed- UHF 500Mhz-899Mhz Unlicensed-900Mhz-2.4Ghz

-Lower frequency allows for greater signal penetration through foliage.

-Higher frequency are blocked and/or has difficulty penetrating through foliage.

-Near Line of Sight allows signal to “Bend” around hills and valleys.

-Line of Sight requires a non obstructed path between transmission and receive antennas for connectivity.

-Competitors cannot cause interference on licensed allocated frequency.

-Non licensed frequency transmission by many carriers cause interference resulting in non reliable service

Custom Licensed Equipment is frequency specific which has a greater manufacturing cost.

-”Off the shelf” equipment is inexpensive.

Prioritizing traffic and adding in Quality of Service (QOS)

Priority Broadband

Business System(Grand Prairie)• 2 layer connectivity• 6hr battery Backup

Residential System

(Whitecourt)• 2 layer connectivity• 6hr battery Backup

Industrial System(Fox Creek)

• 2 layer connectivity• 6hr battery Backup

Case Study

Fox Creek (Industrial Communication System)

600 homes

200 busine

ssOver 5,000 Well

Heads

Our Industrial Broadband Network will provide reliable broadband services to businesses, residential, oil well heads and First Nation settlements communities.

Our business broadband Network

Our Residential Broadband Network

Rapid DeploymentCarrier on Wheels

• Quick deployment for recovery of any system tower issue

• Emergency response during disaster relief

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