Wireless broadband needed in USA

Since 2001, the U.S. has fallen from 3rd to 16th in worldwide broadband adoption, an alarming trend that seriously threatens American competitiveness in the digital age. Wireless broadband is the most promising way to extend affordable, ubiquitous, high-speed Internet connections to all Americans, particularly in under-served rural and low-income areas (Wireless Innovation Alliance). Roughly 15 million households cannot get broadband from their phone or cable provider because the companies have been slow to expand their high-speed networks in areas where there are not enough customers to generate what they regard as an adequate profit.
“If you don’t have a broadband connection, you’ll be left in a backwater and won’t be able to take part in the economy,” said David J. Leonard, WildBlue’s chief executive. “There’s a growing unmet demand in these markets.”
Wild Blue is a fast growing satellite based technology designed to bring DSL comparable speeds to rural areas that can not receive DSL, cable service.
What are your choices if you live in one of these un-serviced areas? Well there is dialup (eech) which is the whole reason for switching to broadband. Now if all you do is email and the occasional browsing then dialup is fine. But, if you are like the rest of us you would like to take full advantage of what the Internet has to offer. And, if, you are in business you need high speed.
So what are your choices in this new wireless realm? Well wireless is a broad term and covers everything from your home laptop to huge wide area networks. We are talking about wide area. This comes in several flavors, mesh, multipoint, and satellite.
In areas where mountains are not a problem mesh and multipoint work fine. Mesh and multipoint use ‘line-of-sight’ antennas. In areas where terrain is an issue then you will need satellite.
Now all of these have their strong and weak points, like I said terrain is a factor, weather can be a factor and of course cost. You will need to do your homework to see what is available in your area and which service is best for you.

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