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February 12, 2009 at 10:24 AM by Esme Vos
Every week, I get emails from readers asking me where they can find broadband, wired or wireless, in their community, often a rural one but sometimes a small town at the edge of a metropolitan area. Thankfully Brett Glass has posted an article about broadband alternatives in the US (with a link to a map), in which he points out that the US has thousands of active wireless ISPs serving vast areas of the US. He wonders why wireless ISPs have been ignored in the discussions over the broadband stimulus package: why hasn’t Congress allocated more spectrum for use by wireless ISPs? Why does the legislation seem to have been written for the dominant wireless carriers?
Excerpt: One of the most common claims made by proponents of government regulation of the Internet (AKA “network neutrality”) is that it is necessary because broadband is a duopoly. At best, these people claim, most US residents have a choice between the telephone company and the cable company; that’s it. Enter wireless consultant Brian Webster, who has embarked upon a project to compile a map showing the coverage of terrestrial, fixed wireless Internet providers (WISPs) throughout the United States. The results so far can be found at http://www.wirelessmapping.com/WISP National Map.png, and they’re quite impressive: more than 750,000 square miles covered, including every “NFL city” and quite a few places that have neither cable nor DSL.
You can find more information about wireless in your area by going to: www.wirelessmapping.com
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