Wireless Internet access is exactly what it sounds like. Getting your connection to the Internet, without the use of phone or cable lines. AirComm LLC wireless service uses new technology to provide connection speeds up to 2 Megabits per second. That's faster then a standard T-1 line, up to 60 times faster then your 28.8 Kbps modem!

How does it work?
Using a new technology, we are able to send information to various antennas throughout our coverage area. That information is then re-broadcast and received by the antenna we provide to you. It's that simple! 

Where is it available?
Our wireless coverage will cover the immediate Holiday area and surrounding communities.  We plan on branching out to New Port Richey, Tarpon Springs, Palm Harbor, Port Richey, Hudson and Bayonet Point shortly.

Comparing Fixed Wireless Solutions To The Alternatives
In the New World, all of the data transport alternatives will play a role in providing high-speed data to customers.  Each method will have benefits that make it suitable for a given application and trade-offs that make it unsuitable for others.  Table 1 lists some of the transport alternatives.

In addition to the data rate limitations, we must look at other issues revolving around the transport stream decision.  Although twisted pair copper is readily available to 99 percent of all users, the data rate is unacceptably slow for broadband data and provides no path for video are combinations of data, voice, and video.  Twisted pair copper does provide lifeline services, in that the power to run the system is supplied over the network connection.

Enhanced copper concepts such as xDSL have the potential to be made available to a great number of users since they use a twisted pair line.  However, rollout of services limited since the technology limits the physical distance from a pop.  For acceptable high bandwidth use, xDSL have distance limitations of 18,000 feet from the pop.  Additionally, since this is not a dedicated bandwidth solution, actual upstream and downstream rates will vary with a number of subscribers on the system at any given time.

 Fiber appears to be the best solution for symmetrical high-speed data.  Gigabit speeds are readily available in fiber-optic cable.  Additionally it is being installed most large businesses today.  Fiber capable of OC-3 rates can be installed relatively cheaply inside new or existing facilities.  However, the installation of fiber outside the facility can be expensive and require substantial time to complete due to the amount of underground work required.

 Hybrid fiber coax  (HSC) provides asymmetrical data via a combination of fiber in the backbone network structure and a hybrid coaxial/fiber cable to the end-user.  Cable is currently seeing an increase in usage in the business market but at present is primarily a residential access technology and runs to relatively few businesses.

 Satellite technologies such as broadband satellite and very small aperture terminal (VSAT) provide asymmetrical data flow to the user.  Although a single satellite can cover a wide footprint for point to multipoint solutions, the usage is not expanded according to expectations, possibly because, in the case of broadband satellite, the downstream path is from the satellite while the upstream path is via conventional twisted pair phone line requiring multiple modems.

Although each of the methods listed above has its advantages, broadband fixed wireless solutions bridge several of the disadvantages of the others and bring unique advantages providing symmetrical, fiber quality, I data rate information variety of situations, broadband fixed wireless solutions are quick to install, with no external construction required.  Leading-edge technology enables the use of unobtrusive rooftop antennas, eliminating the need for trenching in cable and fiber solutions and costly towers in previous wireless products.  This makes broadband fixed wireless solutions perforate alternatives when high-speed, high-quality and quick time to market are critical success.

Convergence is real.

As we continue to see the need for connectivity increase in the convergence of voice, video and data becomes real service providers will be required to look for alternatives to doing business in the old-fashioned way.  The new Internet economy demands that high-quality service be available to all that wanted.  In the near future, you'll no longer be acceptable to ignore facility (or a single customer within a facility) because the facility has no access.  Customers are demanding service.  The amount of time when a customer calls to when they expect service will be counted in hours -- not weeks or months.  This requires that service providers have had their disposal a variety of alternatives to solve a customer's need for connectivity quickly and efficiently.  These alternatives must provide cost-effective, scalable solutions that not only result in acceptable solutions to the end-user but also enable profitable revenue streams for the service provider.

Packet based broadband fixed wireless networks provide the service provider with that answer.  Broadband fixed wireless networks provide the flexibility to quickly install new links in any part of the network where connection is needed.  Wireless access provides the service provider with a cost-effective solution that minimizes the upfront investment, enables a service provider to activate new links with little or no recurring costs, and provides the service providers with a product differentiation that set them apart from the competition.

- Dale Smith, Cisco Systems.