The Village of Franklin is a community in Southeastern Michigan approximately 20 miles outside Detroit. Called "The Town That Time Forgot," Franklin residents value the character of the village’s historic look and feel, and the Franklin Village Center is one of the first registered Historical Districts in the State of Michigan.

However, the community also recognized that time truly doesn’t stand still. Tired of spotty wireless coverage, residents wanted their community to have quality wireless voice and advanced data services, and a Wireless Service Provider asked ExteNet to help.

The challenge that existed for the Village Council, Village Historical Society and Village Administrator was to find a method to provide quality wireless services while meeting the aesthetic concerns of citizens. Further, the solution needed to be economically viable for all parties.

ExteNet, with its Open DAS Network, provided that solution. The compact nature of ExteNet’s remote nodes along with centralization of the Wireless Service Provider base station equipment in an existing office building made this a very attractive option for this community. Following construction of the network and Base Station Hub (BTS Hub), ExteNet completed the installation and optimized the network. The network is now operational for customers whose Wireless Service Providers operate on the ExteNet network.

Incorporated in 1827, Bloomfield Township has a population of 44,000. This residential community has substantial natural beauty with winding roads, rolling hills and tranquil lakes. The area is attractive to many business professionals and executives because of the beautiful environment and its close proximity to Detroit. But commuters driving to and from Bloomfield Township often faced poor wireless service. A Wireless Service Provider asked ExteNet to help improve coverage in the nearby roads and areas leading in and out of the township.

ExteNet presented its solution, which did not impact the natural beauty of the area, to the township’s Design Review Board, and received approval in 2006 to install its Open DAS network on the existing utility infrastructure. The new system is successfully expanding capacity in the area for customers whose Wireless Service Providers operate on the ExteNet network.

There are six residential communities that make up the Grosse Pointe area bordering on Lake St. Clair, which forms the link between Lake Huron and Lake Erie. They are: the city of Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe Woods, Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe Shores and St. Clair Shores. The neighborhoods, located north of Detroit, are affluent lakefront communities that have maintained an old world charm.

Unable to install a traditional tower network, Wireless Service Providers asked ExteNet to design an Open DAS Network to provide seamless coverage for the six communities to improve the quality of voice and data services. These linked residential areas now have a system that supports all six communities, giving residents significantly better wireless coverage without intrusive equipment.

This dense neighborhood of Dallas has thousands of apartment dwellers whose cell phones have replaced landline phone service as their mode of voice communication. ExteNet worked on behalf of a Wireless Service Provider to develop an Open DAS Network that would alleviate severe capacity constraints. As with many urban areas, space is at a premium, so the ability to place wireless towers close enough to the affected areas was impossible. Instead, ExteNet equipment was installed directly on the neighborhood utility infrastructure in a configuration that provided capacity where needed. The network that ExteNet implemented significantly improved the quality of service to customers of the Wireless Service Provider and has capacity available to meet future subscriber growth.

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