Dave's Computer Shop Wireless Faq

Dave's Computer Shop
..and "Internet Wireless On Line" services..

Wireless Internet is a new and rapidly growing technology. At this time most of the suppliers of the service is small local companies at a reasonable charge. Soon the big wireless carriers will move in and regulate the little guys out of the business. Of course your rate will also get a lot bigger and you will loose your local support number.
Wireless Internet is very stable in adverse weather conditions. You do not have the “rain fade” like you get with satellite TV, but you must have a direct line of sight to the main tower site. Trees, hills and buildings totally block the signal so coverage is limited.
Since we have been in the wireless business about 90% of our down time has been from loss of connection to the Internet from our suppliers, ATT, Sprint, Road Runner ect.
The customers "receiving electronics" seem to survive lightning strikes very well. The few that have been lost to lightning were commercial installs mounted on large towers.
Wireless Internet should not be compared to other services like DSL or Cable Broadband since it is a completely different type of service. Depending on the speed you buy from your wireless carrier it can be faster than the others or slower. Any way you look at it, it is a lot faster and reliable than a dialup account and is why it is being offered as an alternative to the people that only have one option, dial up.