NIA and Microcom support remote broadband internet solution at Nash Harbor
NIA stands for Network Innovation Associates
http://www.getnia.com
In addition to providing satellite broadband, they also provide a full range of internet and IT solutions.
http://www.getnia.com/products/internet/satellite/index.html
The satellite network they use is provided by ViaSat with the gateway earth station in Atlanta, GA. http://www.viasat.com/
Service is provided on the Horizons 1 satellite at 127 degrees west longitude with the service speed being 256×256 kbps.The terminal equipment is the ViaSat DVB/RCS LinkStar modem with a 2 watt Ku band transmitter mounted on a 1.2 meter satellite dish. The VOIP adapter is as Digium IAXY using the IAX2 protocol.
VOIP service is provided through the Microcom IP switch in Anchorage using an open source Asterisk IP software package. The VOIP adapter is as Digium IAXY using the IAX2 protocol.
A big thanks to Mr. Tom Brady of Anchorage-based Microcom for facilitating the support from NIA and to Chip Carpenter, KuC ITS student, for putting the system together w/ Tom and organizing the deployment at Nash Harbor.
Thanks to Shortie Salzbrun for welding-up the non-penetrating mount…it blew 40 last night and the dish didn’t move an inch.
