%0 Journal Article %1 RefWorks:186 %A Gruman, Galen %D 2005 %J PC World %K BROADBAND INFORMATION INTERNET Internet; States UNITED WIRELESS communication industry; providers; service services systems; %N 6 %P 88-88 %T Fixed Wireless Fills the Broadband Gaps %U http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=16950517&site=ehost-live %V 23 %X This article focuses on a broadband alternative available in many U.S. rural and suburban areas as of June 2005 called fixed-wireless Internet service. Until recently, people in many rural and suburban areas had no choice for Internet access other than dial-up. Worse, outlying dial-up links are often less reliable than urban lines because data has to travel farther. This can cause Web page downloads and e-mail links to time out as the host server gives up. Residents in many such communities now have a new broadband alternative: fixed-wireless Internet service (in which the wireless antenna is in a fixed location). These areas are not all located on the plains of North Dakota or the deserts of Nevada, however. Loudoun County, Virginia, has neither digital subscriber line nor cable Internet service. Many professionals who want to work from home move there, only to find that they cannot get high-speed Internet access. In response, Marty Dougherty formed Roadstar Internet in Leesburg, Virginia. The wireless Internet service provider serves about 1000 customers. In some cases government subsidies make wireless Internet service practical in areas with too few people for a provider to recoup the cost of setting up and running a network. %@ 07378939

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