Attention commuters: you can now stay connected while catching your connection; The Jamaica station is now online with 5G wireless technology.
Soon, those words will become reality for the thousands of daily commuters at one of New York’s busiest stations: the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) Jamaica station. Customers will no longer be without broadband wireless service when they ‘Change at Jamaica’. As thousands begin to ‘return to normal’, the arresting, unproductive transit period between trains commonly associated with the LIRR will soon be a thing of the past for one of its busiest stations.
Providing WiFi connectivity to public spaces not only involves work from the wireless carriers, but also requires transit authorities to have established, trusted partnerships with installation providers. For more than 35 years, fiber optic and wireless network installers like Hugh O’Kane Electric (HOK), led by President Hugh R O’Kane, have become the industry leader specializing in telecommunication projects for New York City and its metro area.
When the new LIRR DAS/Wi-Fi system becomes operational, it will improve voice and data connectivity for commuters. For commuters, visitors, and residents, this means a more productive and no longer wasted downtime while at the station. Riders will have the ability to seamlessly use their laptops, smartphones, and other mobile devices to connect to the internet.
The LIRR Jamaica station will provide its commuters— estimated at more than 200,000 weekday pre-COVID, making it the second-busiest station in North America that exclusively serves commuter traffic—wireless internet service that keeps passengers productive, entertained and connected while on the platform or in the terminal as they wait to board their next train. The Jamaica LIRR station is the fourth-busiest rail station in North America with 1,000 trains passing through each day.
According to Bloomberg, even though wireless providers say they need more airwaves to support the booming public demand for everywhere connectivity, carriers must focus on delivering 5G services that are compatible with 4G core networks. As demand for advanced 5G services grows, network service providers must update their networks in order to be ready for the more advanced 5G services that are on the horizon.
The project covers all six passenger platforms, the Sutphin Boulevard sidewalk area, the ticket building lobby and the station’s west mezzanine. Overall, 84 Wi-Fi access points antennas and 133 DAS antennas are installed across all the public commuter areas. The private network established at the Jamaica LIRR station removes barriers to instantly connect commuters and deliver a better passenger experience.
So how are such public works projects gaining momentum and rapidly proliferating across urban centers throughout the United States? It’s about having the right team of providers, hardware suppliers and installers contracted for each project. Hugh O’Kane, through its partnerships with the leading telcos, has been upgrading, expanding, and expanding WiFi networks for a variety of government projects in New York City and its surrounding boroughs.
This institutional expertise Hugh O’Kane is able to provide to transportation hubs is paramount in order to design and implement network projects that can successfully expand service offerings to increase their customer experience. This lineage and industry expertise has afforded Hugh O’Kane a competitive edge because it has expert knowledge of an area’s infrastructure and is able to work within the required parameters of existing networks much more easily. In doing so, Hugh O’Kane is able to take the time required to provide an upgraded telecommunications infrastructure needed to ensure continuous, robust connectivity set up municipalities and private enterprises for successful growth.
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