Remote site connectivity, where the coverage map goes blank

The short answer

You do not need coverage at your site. You need one clear path from your site to somewhere that has capacity. Build that path properly, with the right radios, mast height and power, and the site gets a dedicated connection that does not depend on how many people share a cell tower or a dish.

How a remote site gets connected

1. Find the capacity. We locate the nearest high site, building or fibre point with real capacity, and check whether your site can see it.

2. Clear the path. We model the terrain between the two ends: line of sight, the clearance zone around it, trees, ridges and the curve of the earth. Where a hill is in the way, a solar-powered relay on higher ground goes in between.

3. Build the link. Our own teams install the masts, radios, power and lightning protection, and commission the link against measured figures.

4. Carry it across the site. From the receiving mast, point-to-point links and outdoor access points reach every building, gate, pump, pivot and camera. The network on your property is yours.

What it carries

• Offices, bookings, point of sale and payments
• Guest and staff Wi-Fi on lodges, farm-stays and camps
• Security cameras and perimeter monitoring
• Telemetry: pumps, pivots, boreholes, SCADA and sensors
• Voice calls over the network where there is no phone signal

Power where there is no grid

Each mast runs on solar with lithium battery backup in a stainless, vandal-resistant cabinet, sized for the site and for load shedding, and monitored remotely. A network that dies at the first outage was not finished.

Where we build

CTTX Services operates from Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) and Cape Town and has delivered work in all nine provinces, with most remote builds in the Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. Sector detail: farms, game reserves and lodges, mining, wind and solar, construction sites, remote CCTV. How the links themselves work: point-to-point wireless links.

Common questions

How do I get internet at a remote site with no coverage?

Find the nearest point with real capacity, a high site or a building that already has a strong feed, and engineer a line-of-sight link from there to a mast on your property. If the path is blocked, a relay on higher ground goes in between. Then carry the connection across the site with your own links.

What is remote site connectivity?

It is the engineered network that brings a reliable connection to a site the providers do not cover, such as a farm, game reserve, mine, quarry, wind or solar plant, or construction site, and then distributes it to every building, gate and camera on the property. CTTX surveys, designs, builds and supports it.

Is satellite the only option for a remote site?

No. Satellite is one possible feed, and a sensible backup. Many remote sites are within reach of a high site by line of sight, which gives a dedicated link with no shared-dish limits. Whatever the feed, it still lands at one roof. The rest of the site needs its own network.

How far from coverage can you connect a site?

With clear line of sight a single link runs 10 to 20 km and more, and relays extend that further. What matters is the path, not the distance on a map. The assessment measures the path before anything is bought.

What if there is no power at the site?

We build the power too: solar, lithium batteries, a stainless cabinet and lightning protection at each mast, remotely monitored so a site that is losing charge is seen before it fails.

What does it cost?

It depends on distance, mast height, power and what the network must carry, so we do not quote blind. The Network Assessment is R3,500 excluding VAT and is credited against the build. You get a design and a firm number, and you keep the report either way.

Get your path checked

Send us the site location (a GPS pin is ideal) and what the connection must carry. Email sales@cttx.co.za or apply online.