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Team keeps air show flying
Monday October 06th 2008. Posted: 09:30
An Openreach engineering team bailed out this year’s Farnborough Airshow after last-minute communications problems threatened to ground all the aircraft.
They came to the rescue after the show’s organisers found that a new wi-fi system, supplied by another service provider, wasn’t working properly. It affected the show’s most critical lines - the ones providing instant links between key locations such as the control tower and the emergency services. On-site project leader Steve Pugh said: “These lines are the backbone of the show and without them the event wouldn’t be granted a licence. “So the organisers asked us to help, and after a lot of work trying to make the wi-fi solution work, we advised them to revert to an analogue system for the hotlines. “Before this year, Openreach had provided the communications for the show, so we knew exactly what was needed.” With time running out, the Openreach team of Steve, Dave Brown and Darren Hall got the new system working and stayed on site to install back-up ISDN and ADSL lines for other providers. Netsolve planning manager John Fisher said: “The lads deserve a lot of praise and I know the organisers were really grateful as, without their expertise and knowledge of the site, this year’s show could have been very different.”
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