In North America the internet market is currently sitting at around the 74% penetration level mark, which means around 252 million North American residents have internet access. Of that percentage, around 90 million have broadband access and wireless broadband is beginning to play a large part in the North American market. Like other broadband markets most North American providers will offer free wireless broadband equipment like wireless routers to new customers in order to provide access to the internet around the home without invasive network cabling. The US and Canada both consider themselves to be world leaders when it comes to broadband connectivity and in recent years the proliferation of fibre optic services offering faster connections have been able to take the US market even further towards the ideal. The North American broadband market has also fully embraced the idea of Wi-Fi hotspots, with cities and suburban areas well serviced with such connectivity options. Some require subscription or payment whilst others are free to access. Wi-Fi in North America has been used to tackle issues such as the expensive nature of landline broadband in areas of poverty.

North America was some way behind Europe when it comes to Mobile Broadband. Whilst 3G and HSDPA is common in EU states, North America was still largely operating using 2G networks which offer much slower transfer speeds. However, 2009 has seen an overall improvement in the availabitliy and cost of high speed mobile broadband. Verizon Wireless is one of the USA`s leading mobile broadband providers and will be pushing the availability and speed of their mobile broadband service over the coming years. Mobile broadband is just one of the many low cost wireless broadband solutions which is going to play an integral part in the spread of broadband into every North American home.

The future of wireless broadband and the fates of the next big http://www.broadbandexpert.com.au/broadband/wireless-broadband wireless broadband providers in North America will lie with WiMAX technology. Major providers like Sprint and Nextel are already slated to be the most common providers of WiMAX technology, which is essential Wi-Fi broadcast on a much larger scale and offering considerably faster download speeds. However, there are many competing licencese of WiMAX frequencies and as such subscribers to difference WiMAX providers outside of the obvious large telecommunications companies are predicted to number in the 10s of millions by 2012. The 4th generation of mobile communications networking will also be commonly available by 2012 and 2010 is expected to be the starting date for widespread trials by the largest North American providers. Experts also expect to see, as you might expect, considerable focus on the business and governmental applications of wireless broadband technologies like WiMAX over the first few years after their inception. Consumer products may take a little longer to reach the North American market, though there is little doubt that when they do wireless broadband will be at the forefront of internet connectivity. What makes wireless broadband so attractive is the fact that there is no need to install the technology in individual home or by tearing up streets or erecting telegraph poles.

Towerstream

BUSINESS CLASS SERVICE

(NO RESIDENTIAL AT THIS TIME)

Uses 802.16 or WI-MAX

$500 -  Varies by Location

$0

5000kb – 5000kb

Tier II

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Go Zoe Wireless provides broadband access throughout East Texas and I’ve secured and exclusive e-mail interview.

1. How long have you been interested in technology and providing wireless
internet in particular?

Ashton: 5 yrs at least

2. What experiences have prepared you for running Gozoe Wireless today?

Ashton: Truly just running any business helps and Ihave managed and run 4
businesses in different fields before buying my own Computer retail store.
I have also done a lot of simple wireless networks in homes and estates
involving indoor and outdoor having lots of problems which equates to lots
of research and learning.
3. What areas do you serve currently?

Ashton: Marshall, Scottsville, Woodlawn, Leigh community, Shadowood estates, Cross
Roads, Hidden Lake and Underwood Road, Industrial Park, ETBU Campus.
4. Where are you planning to expand to next?Ashton: Elysian Fields, Harleton, Jefferson, Hallsville, Carthage, Waskom.

5. What are the advantages of your service over satellite or other
broadband providers?

Ashton: We are not only the least expensive “last mile” solution we are by far the
fastest or largest bandwidth capable solution. We have extremely low
latency for gamers which is a real problem for satellite also VPN
connections for businesses drop with high latency.

6. What does your service generally cost?

Ashton: Basic Residential is $49.95/month

7. What are the installation fees if any?

$120

8. How fast is your service? What is the upload and download?

Ashton: Dedicated 512 up and down bursting to 1.5MB up and down
we can give up to 10/MB

9. What made East Texas a popular market you thought needed to be served?

Ashton: Basically no one else was doing it and the 900MHZ frequency just got solid
and affordable which is necessary because of the thick foliage in East
Texas.

10. I know you recently blanketed the campus of East Texas Baptist
University with Wireless Access, what can you say about this partnership
agreement and how it benefits the Faculty, Students and Staff at the
campus.
Ashton: This is a unique situation we are taking an undue load from the
University’s IT department which found itself supporting an entertainment technology more than a research tool. Which is more our specialty plus we were able to stay in our specialty by providing something it did notcurrent ly have wireless everywhere on campus. We also are going to provide
more than twice the bandwidth the students currently have access to now.

11. Do you foresee the need to acquire wireless spectrum such as that
being vacated by Analog Television broadcasts to secure your niche wireless
access for the Rural East Texas consumer?

Ashton: No there is not a problem or not too much in the unlicensed bands yet.

12. How then do you feel you can continue to compete when large carriers
are sure to roll out WIMAX in the future?

Ashton: First of all we are already here it will be hard to convince people to drop
a first class system that is working well. Plus cost for Wimax won’t be
cheap at first.

13. What advantages does your service currently offer, over your current competition?

Ashton: We can install very quickly and go where many of them cannot and the ones that can go everywhere we strongly outperform.

14. What do you foresee as your competitive edge as other carriers roll out Wimax nationwide?

Ashton: We are wimax ready when it is cost effective and widespread we can change a radio card in our Access points and we are wimax ready just that simple. We are completely wimax ready at ETBU.

13. I know your service provides Internet for many areas of East Texas,
what is your service’s contact information for anyone that’s interested?

Gozoe Wireless LLP
2660 east end blvd S.
suite 113
Marshall, texas 75672
903-935-0876