ASK4 provides internet and communications services to large-scale student and residential accommodation developments across the UK. With buildings opening to residents on fixed deadlines, internet connectivity must be live and reliable from the moment residents move in, regardless of whether permanent fibre services have been delivered.
ASK4:
Point-to-point connectivity
Ask4 provides internet and communications services to large-scale student and residential accommodation developments across the UK. With buildings opening to residents on fixed deadlines, internet connectivity must be live and reliable from the moment residents move in, regardless of whether permanent fibre services have been delivered.
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Environment: Urban residential infrastructure
Challenge: Fibre unavailable before site launch
Solution: Long-range point-to-point microwave connectivity
Outcome: Up to 2Gb connectivity delivered without traditional fibre installation
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Point-to-point microwave connectivity
Rooftop-to-rooftop wireless deployment
Bandwidth delivery ranging from 500Mb to 2Gb
Link distances ranging from 100m to 7km
Typical reliability between 99.9% and 99.999%
Rapid deployment without fibre or civil engineering works
Scalable infrastructure for residential occupancy support
Multiple deployments delivered annually across urban environments
Outcome:
Pinnacom installed high-speed connectivity between soon-to-open sites by creating direct wireless links between buildings, bypassing the need for traditional fibre installation.
Using long-range point-to-point microwave systems, Pinnacom has delivered interim high-capacity connectivity across London and other urban environments, supporting residential buildings while permanent infrastructure is being completed.
Challenge:
New accommodation developments frequently face delays in fibre delivery, creating a critical problem ahead of resident move-in dates.
In these scenarios:
Internet services must still go live on time
Buildings often have no existing infrastructure
Nearby sites may have available bandwidth, but no physical connection exists between them
The challenge was to rapidly deliver resilient, high-capacity connectivity without relying on new fibre installations or disruptive civil works.
Solution:
Pinnacom designed and deployed long-range point-to-point microwave links between operational ‘donor’ buildings and newly opened residential sites.
These rooftop-to-rooftop wireless connections provided:
Direct transfer of high-speed internet between sites
Quick deployment without waiting for fibre installation
Flexible temporary infrastructure capable of supporting full residential occupancy
Installations have ranged from short urban crossings over major road junctions through to long-distance links spanning up to 7km between sites.
Deployments typically remain in place from one week to two years while permanent fibre infrastructure is completed.
