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Appendix F - Hidalgo County Case Study '��. !Rsi N Transformation Data enter <br /> It <br /> Case Study <br /> U.S. county Brings Free Industry: <br /> Government <br /> Public Wi-Fi to More Than Insight provided: <br /> - Multilayered network design <br /> - Planning and deployment of a <br /> 30,000+ Rural, Low-Income reliable wireless network <br /> - Electrical remediation services <br /> and tourer construction <br /> Students and Workers . ongoing network monitoring <br /> and maintenance <br /> - Professional services <br /> The client <br /> Three layer <br /> A county government in a Southern U.S.state was facing extreme pressure to complete network approach: <br /> a Wi—Fi project by Dec.31,2020(the deadline for CARES Act Funds spending).The county <br /> shortened the procurement cycle by avoiding a full RFP,and instead,they leveraged Insight i. Fiber and wireless pointto- <br /> Public Sector's existing OMNIA Partners contract—saving an estimated four weeks of time. point(PTP)equipment <br /> connects base stations <br /> The challenger Narrowing the digital divide at a 2. Wireless Point-to-Multi Point <br /> (PTMP)extends connectivity <br /> critical time to the street level. <br /> 3. Wi-Fi mesh nodes with <br /> As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept through the country,various regions and rooftop mesh access points <br /> demographics have been hit harder than others.The county had received critical funding as (RAPS)and mesh access <br /> a part of federal government aid and needed to apply these funds strategically to navigate points(MAPS)extend to the <br /> its most pressing challenges. client level. <br /> Each city within the county had claimed its portion of the federal aid to support its citizens; <br /> however,residents located outside of city limits had a different set of challenges.Unlike city <br /> dwellers,the county's rural population lacked internet access and is generally living on the <br /> less privileged side of the so-called digital divide. <br /> As a result of the pandemic and social distancing guidelines,the county needed to embrace <br /> both remote work and distance education.But without proper internet access at home, <br /> launching these initiatives proved to be a daunting challenge. <br />