AIR-PIPE, LLC is offering state-of-the-art wireless broadband Internet using the Canopy™ system from Motorola.

What is Motorola Canopy™?

Designed from the ground up to provide wireless networks from 1000 feet to 25 miles, Motorola Canopy™ is the leading edge technology for high-speed, wireless Internet access. It is a proprietary technology, making it one of the most robust and secure wireless technologies on the market. How secure is it? The US government uses Motorola Canopy™ equipment in military and disaster recovery deployments. It is both secure and reliable.

Motorola Canopy™ is not Wi-Fi, it does not succumb to interference from common consumer electronics and appliances. It is not 802.11 wireless. Motorola Canopy™ is designed for long distance high-speed Internet Access. 802.11, 2.4GHz, or Wi-Fi by any other name, is designed for 10 to 1000 feet only.

How secure is Motorola Canopy™?

The AIR-PIPE Wireless system fully utilizes the Motorola Canopy™ system for its infrastructure. The Canopy™ system supports over-the-air DES encryption. DES is much stronger then typical WEP encryption used by Wi-Fi and 2.4 GHz gear. There is no performance degradation to the Canopy™ system when over the air encryption is engaged. 802.11 products operate in the same spectral territory as the Canopy™ system, but there is no significant interference because the Canopy™ system's FM capture mechanism rejects almost all interfering signals.

Can my signal be intercepted?

- Unlike analog telephone transmissions, digital transmissions of Internet traffic are much more difficult to intercept because of the complex cryptology associated with the technology.

- Like other Internet applications such as secure email or web browsing, users can employ many security applications which prevent eavesdropping on transmissions - whether such security applications are installed on the last-mile link to the user's house or elsewhere in the Internet.

- The Canopy™ system provides an over-the-air encryption, which cryptographically scrambles the data bits, preventing anyone "listening" to the airwaves from deciphering any messages.

In fact, our system's over-the-air link may be the most secure leg of the typical user's Internet connection. Canopy™ is so secure that it is sold into the public safety market and the Federal Government as an overlay for disaster and terrorist response networks.

Is it safe enough so I can connect to my company?

AIR-PIPE's network is completely transparent to your corporate VPN. The Canopy™ system acts as a 'bridge' and passes all VPN protocols. However, it does not have any built-in VPN capability of its own. If your application requires a VPN, you can use our network but you will still need your specific VPN solution as well. For additional Security Questions please contact us at your convenience.

How does it work and how do I get started?

There are many "access points" located on various mountain tops all around Spokane and the outlying areas. An AIR-PIPE Installation technician will first visit your home to ensure that a radio mounted on your home can link with one of the AIR-PIPE "access points". It may be necessary for our technicians to test from your roof, weather permitting.

If we can link with one of the access points we'll move forward with an installation.

Visit the Motorola Canopy™ website and learn more about it.