ADI offers wireless technology to NYC residents.While telephone and cable companies scramble to connect customers to the Internet using unproven technology on aging infrastructures, a young entrepreneurial company announced it is offering a new application of proven wireless technology that revolutionizes the way New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. residents can link to the Web. Advanced Digital Internet (ADI) announced the availability of commercial grade, high-speed, wireless Internet access See how to access the Internet. to residential customers in apartments, cooperatives and condominiums in the New York metropolitan area New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the third most populous in the world, after Tokyo and Mexico City. . "This new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. delivery system is unique in this marketplace," said Andrew Benson The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. , ADI president. "It frees the user from the tether tether to tie an animal up by the head or neck so that it can graze but not move away. See also barton tether. of the phone or cable line, enabling usage on a PC or laptop anywhere in the apartment. Laptop users can literally surf the Web while riding the elevator." Building owners and managers like it because it is designed for use on existing infrastructure. And co-op and condo boards embrace the technology because it eliminates the need to run wiring to each individual apartment. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Benson, the level of access ADI brings to the home computer has previously been unavailable except in commercial environments such as hospitals, academic institutions, and Fortune 500 corporations. "Now New York City residents can have corporate grade, guaranteed performance level Internet service that is dedicated, secure, and faster than anything currently available," Benson explained. The cost for this service is comparable to DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary and cable modem cable modem Modem used to convert analog data signals to digital form and vise versa, for transmission or receipt over cable television lines, especially for connecting to the Internet. technologies, starting at $49.95 per month. ADI installs wireless Local Area Networks in each building and connects them via a Wide Area Network to the Internet. Network backbones within participating buildings are connected to transmitters located in such areas as stairwells or mechanical rooms. ADI field service representatives install a Network Interface Card in customers' computers that sends radio signals directly to the transmitter. "The LAN/WAN LAN/WAN Local Area Network/Wide Area Network architecture we employ has been endorsed by corporations worldwide for the last decade, while DSL and Cable technologies are still unproven and won't scale as well as ours," Benson said. ADI's network rides on Intellispace's New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Fiber Optic Ring with direct connections to individual buildingsat speeds up to 100 million bits per second (Mbps). Intellispace, a leading industry provider of conunercial smart building Internet solutions in the New York metropolitan area, supplies ADI with unlimited scalability through its triple redundant Tier 1 connections to the Internetbackbone. "No other residential carrier can claim a network resource as robust or reliable as that delivered by AD I," said Benson. ADI's Internet Service provides full time, dedicated Internet access to residential buildings at speeds far exceeding current dial-up speeds. The service is scalable, so users can subscribe to a variety of bandwidths, e.g. 64, 128 and 256 Kbps or more. Performance levels are guaranteed. There is never a busy signal, no disconnects and no delays in getting connected because the service directly links to the Internet. In addition, ADI's architecture provides complete privacy both from the Internet and between PCs in the building. "DSL and cable modem technologies are still new and unproven," said Benson. "Unlike ADI, their technologies are not scaleable to users' needs. We believe that wireless technology is the future of Internet access, and it's already happening now, and in fact we have converted numerous DSL and cable modem users to our technology." Founded in 1998, ADI is a leading provider of dedicated high speed Internet access service through both wired and wireless solutions. ADI partners with building owners and property managers to deliver the highest quality access service available today. ADI's existing architecture allows for the immediate introduction of select applications, such as video conferencing, streaming videos and multi-media to the home user. The company's current marketing efforts are focused on Manhattan, but plans are underway to expand nationally over the next 12 months. |
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