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CORRECTING and REPLACING Wireless Frontier Internet Awarded Community Network Fiber Contract.


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CORRECTION...by Wireless Frontier Internet

FT. STOCKTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 2004

In BW5643 issued Feb. 11, 2004: Please replace the release dated Feb. 5, 2004, with the following corrected version.

The corrected release reads:

WIRELESS FRONTIER INTERNET AWARDED COMMUNITY NETWORK FIBER CONTRACT

Wireless Frontier Internet Inc. (Pink Sheets:WFRI), a national provider of high-speed wireless broadband High-speed wireless transmission of data. What is "high" speed is always a changing number. Wireless systems are typically slower than land-based, wireline networks. In the past, wireless broadband started at 250 Kbps, whereas land-based broadband was generally considered to start at T1  Internet, has been awarded a Community Network Fiber contract to light up the fiber connecting all the schools in the Fort Stockton Independent School District Fort Stockton Independent School District is a public school district based in Fort Stockton, Texas (USA). Schools
  • Fort Stockton High (Grades 9-12)
  • Fort Stockton Middle (Grades 6-8)
  • Fort Stockton Intermediate (Grades 4-5)
.

For the last three years, WFRI has actively worked to bring the City, County and School District together to form a governmental collaborative. WFRI worked with the city and county to lay the infrastructure and the fiber, and designed a Gigabit (1000 Mb) fiber backbone to connect all the schools in town. "This final contract wraps up a dream we have all had in Fort Stockton to bring broadband technology broadband technology

Telecommunications devices, lines, or technologies that allow communication over a wide band of frequencies, and especially over a range of frequencies divided into multiple independent channels for the simultaneous transmission of different signals.
 to our youth," stated FSISD Superintendent Leonard Kent.

The ISD See IDD.  contract, valued at $700,000, will complete the E-Rate Year 5 funding program that has been made available to area schools. WFRI will complete the project by utilizing Cisco Systems technology of fiber and copper switches/routers. "The design we will implement for the ISD will allow this remote rural school district every advantage that we have seen in the larger metro schools. The VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. , VLAN See virtual LAN.

VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network
 and Layer 3 network will be under the careful supervision of our CCIE See Cisco certification.  engineers and staff," stated Lorenzo Clarke, Chief Technology Officer for Wireless Frontier.

In addition to connecting the fiber to the schools, WFRI has also connected the County Courthouse, Judicial Buildings and Fort Stockton City Hall to the fiber. "Our goals to provide high speed services throughout Fort Stockton with Fiber and Broadband Wireless have been a great success. Today we have 100% coverage which allows the entire community the option of high speed Internet services," explained Alex Gonzalez, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Wireless Frontier. "Our business plan to expand broadband services throughout rural America is greatly emphasized in our working model in Fort Stockton," he further stated.

Although being a remote rural community, Fort Stockton has shown great promise by bringing in new high-tech opportunities such as the West Texas Aerospace Development Center. "Our new Aerospace center is a big victory for our area. Broadband technology is a major advantage in bringing new businesses to Fort Stockton and Pecos County. WFRI's development of the fiber and wireless network allows us to compete with other Metro markets," said Doug May, Director of the Economic and Development Corporation.

Wireless Frontier has successfully completed dozens of broadband wireless Internet networks over the past year and has been a key player in helping under served rural Texas communities with State funded Community Network Grants from the Texas Infrastructure Fund (TIF TIF Tagged Image File (file name extension)
TIF Tax Increment Financing
TIF Temporary Internet Files
TIF Transport Innovation Fund (UK)
TIF Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund
).

Founded in 1998, Wireless Frontier is a leader in wireless broadband deployment. The Company currently services over 70 cities in Texas List of cities in Texas, arranged in alphabetical order.

: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A
  • Abbott
  • Abercrombie
  • Abernathy
  • Abilene
  • Ace
  • Ackerly
  • Addison
  • Adkins
  • Adrian
  • Afton
 and is expanding nationally on an acquisition growth model. Wireless Frontier can be contacted at 432-336-0336, ext. 134 or by visiting their Web site at www.wirelessfrontier.net.

NOTES ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Statements contained in this release, which are not historical facts, may be considered "forward-looking statements" under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and the current economic environment.

We caution the reader that such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. Unknown risks and uncertainties as well as other uncontrollable or unknown factors could cause actual results to materially differ from the results, performance or expectations expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
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