Upward Broadband
WISPs provide fixed wireless internet service, which is different from the wireless internet used by mobile phones. Fixed wireless internet is a high-speed, reliable internet service for rural and underserved areas. Internet is sent from the main access point (typically supplied with high-speed fiber-optic lines) to individual receivers installed at businesses, farms, and homes.
In the simplest terms, a WISP broadcasts internet from one access point to multiple fixed locations. As a result, WISP users will experience speeds comparable to or greater than most cable providers, and surpass the speeds available from DSL and Satellite.
We provide Fixed Wireless Internet by using a wireless network to broadcast our internet signals from one access point to our customer’s fixed location. Our main access points (the transmitters) can be affixed to cell towers or other high structures that are backed by a high-speed fiber connection. The transmitters then send the high-speed internet signals to receivers that are installed at our customer’s property.
Once the signal has reached our customer’s property, the internet will be transmitted for use from the modem located inside the home or business. Service is then broadcasted to various devices by connecting to the modem wirelessly or through a direct ethernet cable connection.
In most cases, our customers need to be within a 10-mile radius of an access point and have a line of sight from your reception device to one of our access points. There cannot be buildings, trees, hills, or other large obstructions in the path of the receiver and transmitter.
Here’s more on the equipment needed to receive fixed wireless internet.
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