Success Story Gas Field Communications in Oklahoma A single network for SCADA and mobile Wi-Fi devices A dry gas play in southeastern Oklahoma hosts two field offices and has approximately 50 operators. They had been using two separate private networks one 900 MHz wireless system dedicated to SCADA applications. Addi- tionally, Wi-Fi hotspots were deployed at multiple outdoor locations providing field workers with Internet access. Field workers used the network for downloading and updating work orders in the field, reporting problems to operations, downloading maps, user guides and other materials, and email. A single PTP link was used for back- haul of both networks. Challenges Field workers complained the performance and reliability of the Wi-Fi network was poor. IT resp

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