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  Belgian iconic monument St. Rumbold's Cathedral Tower gets its IT network infrastructure revamped with Black Box

Case Study: Entertainment

‘ Our esteemed St Rumbold's Cathedral Tower got its connectivity revamped to modern times using fibre optic network cabling installed by Black Box in a very efficient and professional manner. The end result fully answers our expectations. ’
Koen Verspecht
Advisor-Teamleader IT, City of Mechelen

Case Study: Hospitality / Tourism

Client:
Tourism of Mechelen, Belgium

Geographical Region:
Belgium

Technology Solution Provided:
Design and installation of a
fibre optic cabling system

Solution:
Installation Cabling system

Belgian iconic monument St. Rumbold's Cathedral Tower gets its IT network infrastructure revamped with Black Box

Background

St Rumbold's Cathedral is a medieval church built in the 15th century (year 1452) and is one of the most visited tourist attractions in the heart of the city of Mechelen in Belgium. Reaching almost 100m in height, the cathedral's tower serves as an iconic monument for the city, being its main tourist attraction.

Challenge

The St Rumbold's Cathedral's existing network was composed of old copper cabling which offered a low bandwidth of less than 100MB, a slow internet connection, no support for multimedia and there was only a limited amount of security cameras. Therefore Black Box was asked to optimise the cabling infrastructure throughout the tower in order to improve overall network connectivity and speed.