Want to change the color of the Fresnel zone or Line-of-sight, as created by the Find Best terrain analysis tool?

To start, click the blue Account button at the top of the map.

At the bottom of the Account & Subscription Info window, click the color patches to adjust the colors of the Fresnel tube and Line-of-sight (LoS).

Find Best terrain analysis will now create Fresnel zones with the colors you chose.

The left photo shows channels from a co-lo site. To its right are these same channels viewed in Excel.

Want to analyze site channels in Excel or share their details with an associate?

To start, click a site's icon on the map, then click the Export tab. At the bottom, click EXPORT site's channels to a CSV file.

A CSV file will download to your computer. Open this file in Excel to see details for all channels for that site. Or, drop this file in an email, to share these details with an associate. (Australia Cellular Services also exports links to ACMA Registration / Assignment Details such as horizontal radiated power patterns.)

Australia and Canada have many similarities. One area where they differ is 5G wireless deployment, where Telstra & Optus, Australia's largest carriers, operate 4X more 5G sites than Canada, on a more capacious 3,500MHz band.

But, does this put Canada at a disadvantage? Yes and no — but not how you might think. As Huwaei's chairman said, there is currently no material difference between 4G and 5G technology. Industry and government excitement around 5G is not a sign of its utility — there are few business cases for 5G that cannot be served by an optimized 4G network.

Canada is behind — not in technology — but in plan value. Australia's plans (see right) offer much higher caps at lower prices. Canada's wireless networks are like a tuned Ferrari — with a 1 liter fuel tank.

Carrier	CAD	Capacity	$ / GB
Optus	$64	500 GB	$0.13
Telstra	$64	180 GB	$0.36
Rogers	$175	100 GB	$1.75
Telus	$100	50 GB	$2.00
Bell	$125	50 GB	$2.50
Videotron	$75	32 GB	$2.34
Freedom	$90	30 GB	$3.00
SaskTel	$120	35 GB	$3.43

Rogers operates 1,062 5G sites in the 600MHz band, and 575 5G sites in the 2500MHz band. This brings Rogers' total to 1,447 5G sites. (Some 5G sites use both 600 and 2500MHz bands.)

Rogers invested heavily in the 600MHz auction receiving licenses that can serve 35 of Canada's 38 million population. Freedom, Telus and Videotron invested less, receiving licenses that can serve 22, 20 and 10 million, respectively.

	# Rogers 5G Sites
Province	600Mhz	2500Mhz
Alberta	241	-
British Columbia	304	150
New Brunswick	18	-
Ontario	321	270
Quebec	114	155
Saskatchewan	64	-
TOTAL SITES	1,062	575

The 600MHz band has seven paired 5Mhz blocks, labeled A - G. (See band plan below, which is identical to that used by the FCC). Rogers uses blocks A through D allocated as follows:

Blocks (Downlink	Bandwidth	#
and Uplink)	(MHz)	Channels
A, B	10	2,282
A, B, C, D	20	880
TOTAL CHANNELS		3,162

Band plan for 600Mhz