Case Study: Emmanuel Church achieves full-building reliable Wi-Fi and secure guest/staff access with Datto Networking

Emmanuel - Customer Case Study

Emmanuel Church, a growing 700-member congregation in West Kelowna, BC, needed to expand reliable Wi‑Fi across a patchwork building where running data cabling was impractical. The church’s single consumer access point couldn’t support staff access, new wireless lighting and sound systems, or guest Internet, so leadership sought a low-cost, fast-to-deploy solution.

They deployed Open Mesh access points managed by CloudTrax—one wired gateway plus three power-only repeaters—installed in under two hours with no new cabling and total cost under $300. CloudTrax provides monitoring, guest tunnels, DNS filtering, and an enabled second SSID/bridge for staff admin access; the network now reliably supports weekly youth check-in, children’s programs and other ministry needs—“It just works.”

Emmanuel

Jeff Bjorgan

Senior Pastor