The Okanagan Hamwan Highspeed Backbone has been expanding. This last year (2023), the Okanagan to Campbell link was upgraded to being an backbone connection.

Also in 2023 the equipment for the Landmark to Westbank backbone was aquired, this will be installed as soon as the new tower is installed in West Kelowna.

The next phase will be the Campbell to Peachland to Kuipers with a another phase of Blacknight to Silverstar to Turtle. The added phases will add redundancy to the network.

CNIB is requesting a donation from our club. We are not in a place to respond directly to the request but we have in the past undertook to receive and forward donations from the membership. Without in person meetings the logistics of this are difficult.

If club members would like to donate to CNIB please visit their website and click on the Donate button in the upper right corner of their webpage.