What Can Wireless Internet Do For Me?

So you're wondering what wireless internet can possibly do for you?  Let's take a look at your current internet setup...

If you are like 85% of the rural Wisconsin residents, you don't have access to high-speed internet, or you are locked into a small-town monopoly with your telephone provider.  ImageSince you probably already own a cell-phone, you figure that the only good your "landline" phone does is to provide your internet connection; whether that is dialup or DSL (Digital Subscriber Line).  Just take a moment and do the math...  Currently, the average price for the "phone on the wall" is $30/month.  Then you add your $30+ monthly internet bill to that, and you come up with a very high cost for a low-bandwidth internet connection.  Most rural providers give you the choice of either dialup (56K for $20/month) or else don't even service your area due to the high-costs of running DSL repeaters into the countryside where the population density is low.  The advantage that wireless has?  Range!  DSL typically goes around 4 miles from the repeater whereas wireless can go up to 15 miles. (line-of-sight) This means that we can reach more clients per repeater than DSL providers can come close to.  In the end, this means reduced cost for our valued customers.