For farms and lodges
Big city connectivity and security, on your farm and lodge too
Rural Connect gives your property stable satellite internet, a properly built internal network, security monitoring around the clock and one dashboard for the whole operation, all from a single provider.
- Satellite internet up to 150 Mbps
- Every building networked
- 24/7 security monitoring
- One farm dashboard
Your current challenges
When the link drops, those systems go down
Rural properties run on systems that need the internet: cameras, alarms, borehole pumps, cold rooms, solar inverters, booking platforms and card machines.
When the link drops you lose sight of your property. Rural Connect keeps the link up, connects every building, watches it around the clock and puts the information on one screen.
What we are usually called in to fix
- Theft at the kraal, the gate or the boundary, discovered hours later.
- A failed borehole pump or pivot found only after the crop suffers.
- Cameras and sensors in sheds and stores that never had a network.
- Guest Wi-Fi complaints, failed card payments and poor reviews when the link drops.
- Cloud accounting, payroll and email interrupted by unreliable LTE.
- Four suppliers to chase to fix one problem.
Satellite internet explained
What is satellite internet?
Satellite internet connects your property through a dish on site and a satellite in orbit, instead of fibre in the ground or a cellular tower. It does not depend on how far you are from town: if the dish can see the sky, your property can be connected.
Up to 150 Mbps
Download speeds for the whole property
No fibre or towers
Nothing to trench and no tower to rely on
Clear view of the sky
All the dish needs to connect
Step 1
Your property
A dish on a building sends and receives your data. The main router shares it across your network and Wi-Fi.
Step 2
Satellite
The signal travels from your dish to a satellite in orbit, with no cables or towers in between.
Step 3
Ground station
The satellite relays your data to a ground station connected to the internet backbone.
Step 4
Internet
Email, cloud apps, payments and video calls reach the internet, and the replies come back the same way.
How it works
Four layers now possible with Rural Connect satellite connectivity
Connect
A licensed satellite link keeps you online where fibre and LTE fail, with automatic failover to your existing link where one exists.
Internal network
Point-to-point links connect sheds, pump houses, staff housing and chalets, and separate networks keep cameras, office, farm systems and guests apart.
Security
Cameras on key points, monitored by trained operators 24/7, with escalation to you and your armed response provider.
24/7 monitoring
One dashboard brings together cameras, borehole and tank levels, cold rooms, solar status, gates and weather, on your phone or laptop.
Everything on one screen
Eyes on your property at 2am
Our trained team of specialists can now monitor your cameras and alarms around the clock, escalate incidents and send out armed response in real time.
The dashboard raises an alert when a pump, tank or pivot reading falls outside its normal range.
What that lets us do
- Alert you as an incident starts
- Call out armed response
- Flag a failed pump before the crop suffers
- Keep the office working when LTE fails
Why Rural Connect
One provider for the link, the network and the security
Stable rural connectivity
Maximum uptime, so that you too can enjoy the convenience of city connectivity and security from your farm or lodge.
Every building connected
We analyse your requirements and build an internal network so your devices and buildings are connected, monitored and secured.
24/7 monitoring
Trained operators watch your cameras and alarms around the clock, so your farm or lodge stays connected and secured 24/7.
One screen
Your whole operation on one dashboard, on your phone or laptop, so you can view and monitor all your systems in one place.
Ready for what comes next
New licensed satellite services added as a second link, with nothing else replaced.
One ICT partner
One provider, one contract, one number to call, backed by over 40 years of combined experience.
Optional lodge add-on
Guest Wi-Fi your reviews will thank you for
A branded guest login page, a bandwidth limit per room and a separate guest network.
Optional lodge add-on
Bookings and payments kept apart
Visitors stay away from your booking system and card machines.
Built for
Remote lodges
Game lodges, guest farms and bush camps
Game farms
Hunting and wildlife farms
Hotels
Country and remote hotels and venues
Mines
Site offices, camps and remote operations
Crop and irrigation farms
Grain, fruit, vegetables and pivots
Livestock farms
Cattle, sheep, dairy and poultry
Packages
Our packages
Each package carries a once-off installation fee and a fixed monthly fee on a 24 or 36 month term, quoted after your free site assessment.
Package one
Essentials
Reliable internet for the homestead and office.
Recommended
Secure
Connectivity plus a networked, monitored property.
Package three
Complete
Everything, managed from one dashboard.
Our approach
Start with a free site assessment now
Every Rural Connect project follows the same clear path, from a free site assessment to a connected and secured property.
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On site
Step 1: Free site assessment
A consultant visits, tests current connectivity, walks the perimeter and maps every building and system you want connected.
You get
Site report
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Within 5 working days
Step 2: Quote
A recommended package and a fixed quote, with a once-off installation fee and a fixed monthly fee.
You get
Fixed quote
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With your quote
Step 3: Scope
Exactly what is covered: the buildings, links, cameras, alarms and farm systems in your network.
You get
Network plan
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With your quote
Step 4: Deliverables
The equipment, services, support levels and dashboard access you get, so there are no surprises.
You get
Equipment and service list
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When you are ready
Step 5: Agreement signed
You sign on a 24 or 36 month term and we book your installation date.
You get
Installation date
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A few weeks
Step 6: Build and go live
We install the satellite link, network and devices, test everything and switch on 24/7 monitoring.
You get
Connected property
Next step
Book your free site assessment
See what Rural Connect can do on your property, with no obligation. From first visit to a connected property in a few weeks.
- Call
- 010 017 8754
- info@siyaxhuma.com
- Visit
- Unit 8, Coldstream Office Park, Rangeview, Krugersdorp
Thank you,
A consultant will call you within one working day to book your free site assessment.