Broadband Wireless Exchange Magazine Names Top 10 Wireless ISPs for 2004.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Broadband Wireless See wireless broadband. World 2004 SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2004 After compiling information from hundreds of Wireless ISPs across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Broadband Wireless Exchange Magazine announced today the Top 10 List of Wireless Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (WISPs) (http://www.bbwexchange.com/top10wisps.asp) for 2004. The Top 10 WISP List was compiled by ranking WISPs on the actual number of active subscribers on a wireless network. The Top 10 Wireless ISPs in the United States for 2004 are: Wireless ISP Headquarters Wireless Subscribers 1. DTN SpeedNet Omaha, Nebraska 5,100 2. CommSpeed Prescott Valley, Arizona 4,579 3. Prairie Inet West Des Moines, Iowa 4,001 4. AMA TechTel Amarillo, Texas 4,000 5. FirstStep Internet Moscow, Idaho 2,709 6. Blue Moon Solutions Lubbock, Texas 2,000 7. OMU Online Owensboro, Kentucky 1,550 8. wisperTEL Evergreen, Colorado 1,000 9. NextWeb Fremont, California 900 10. Skypipeline Camarillo, California 800 "Building wireless networks has become a very popular method of bringing high-speed Internet See broadband. circuits into neighborhoods and business parks, then distributing the bandwidth via wireless connections to where customers need it most," said Robert Hoskins, Editor/Publisher of Broadband Wireless Exchange Magazine and 16 other online publications. "In many cities, suburbs and rural areas there are still millions of customers that do not have any broadband options. Entrepreneurs are now beginning to recognize these opportunities and are discovering that building high-speed wireless Internet networks is an easy way to build a profitable business." With a minimal investment of $10,000, an entrepreneur or an existing business owner can launch a neighborhood wireless ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. operation that may gross as much as $90,000 per year per cell site with as few as 200 customers. (www.bbwexchange.com/neighborhood) BWE BWE Best Week Ever (TV show) BWE Bundesverband Windenergie eV (German Wind Energy Association) BWE Ballast Water Exchange BWE Braunschweig Germany (airport code) maintains a business lead database (www.bbwexchange.com/leads) that currently has more than 800 customers that are actively planning to spend more than $200 million to build wireless ISPs, Wi-Fi Hotspots and/or corporate wireless enterprise networks in the next 12 months. About Broadband Wireless Exchange (BWE) Magazine BWE Magazine is dedicated to promoting broadband wireless technology as the fastest and most economical way to provide high-speed Internet connections to rural areas, suburbs of large cities, and inner city districts, which have been over looked or ignored by 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. broadband providers. For more information see www.bbwexchange.com. |
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