Traverse County in West Central Minnesota is home to vast soybean, sugar beet, and corn farms, and the resulting harvests make Minnesota the fifth largest agricultural producer in the U.S. The flat, sparsely-populated county has some of the state’s largest farms and until recently, incredibly unreliable, slow internet access with unreasonable data caps.
Shelby Broadband, a leading Internet Service Provider and facilities-based CLEC covering the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky, today serves over 3500 subscribers. Shelby is known for its robust customer service and vast technical expertise. Shelby Broadband has been awarded “Operator of the Year” by the membership of the Wireless Internet Service Provider’s Association (WISPA).
Taking on an incumbent service provider is always a daunting task, but given NBN’s failed promises to deliver reliable broadband in the Queensland area, Ezi-Web co-founders Jeffrey Smidt and Arron Hollis saw the immediate business potential. With their technical backgrounds, entrepreneurial vision and cutting edge technology, Smidt and Hollis founded Ezi-Web to deliver ultra-broadband speeds to the local community who struggled for years to connect to the internet.
In the midst of a career transition and with nothing to lose, Hacken immediately resolved to improve broadband connectivity in his hometown, and leveraged his tech background, supportive parents and a few credit cards to kick off the new venture.
Covering over 90% of Puerto Rico, OSNet Wireless is used to thinking big. Since its inception in 2008, the Humacao-based wireless ISP has made it its mission to blanket the island with high-speed internet connectivity. OSNet’s status as a communications leader makes it a natural partner for Mimosa’s wireless broadband solutions, implementing the most innovative and efficient technology available to deliver high-quality services to the underserved areas of the island.
When tapped to provide high-speed connectivity at the inaugural Velorama Colorado Biking and Music Festival in Denver, Ron Valdez, CEO at VALL Technologies, knew that they would have their work cut out for them. Expecting crowds of over 30,000, the event was the brainchild of the State of Colorado, looking to reinvent bike events by blending men’s and women’s races with over 100 pro riders, a large music festival and food, beer and crafts.
Tyler Booth, President of Stephouse Networks, is a well-loved personality in Portland, Oregon. For years, residents and business owners in certain pockets of the city were struggling with dialup or simply didn’t have broadband coverage. With the service provider duopoly in the city maintaining sky high pricing, Booth created Stephouse Networks to offer competing services to the underserved areas by taking the incumbents head-on.
With a growing customer base and increasing subscriber demand, aeromax designed its new 5G high-speed network to run in parallel with its existing network. Named “aeromax f: fiber over the air” , the network utilizes Mimosa hybrid fiber-wireless (HFW) technology in both GigaPoP and MicroPoP architectures. The aeromax GigaPoPs are tower deployments using Mimosa A5c connectorized access points and C5c connectorized client radios to service subscribers over a large geography.
Located just 30 minutes south of Atlanta and Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the City of McDonough is home to just over 23,000 residents. While maintaining its southern charm, the city is a thriving, picturesque community that is the center for activities, art, and commerce for Henry County and the southern arc of Metro Atlanta. McDonough possesses all the charm of a small southern town, with locals calling it a great place to live, work, and play. And now, it is able to claim it offers state-of-the-art broadband technology.
A long-time resident of Marin County, CA, Brandt Kuykendall founded Dillon Beach Internet (DBIS) to fill a connectivity gap for residents and businesses in the area. With most residents struggling with intermittent, low-speed internet, or quite often, no internet at all, Kuykendall envisioned bringing fiber-fast speeds to the idyllic beach community.