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What is Wireless Internet?

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What is wireless Internet?
Wireless Internet access is exactly what it sounds like. Getting your connection to the Internet, without the use of phone or cable lines. IGS Wireless service uses new technology to provide connection speeds up to 1.5 Megabits per second and more. That's just as fast as a standard T-1 line, up to 50 times faster then your 28.8 Kbps modem!

How does it work?
Using a new technology, we are able to send information to various towers throughout our coverage area. That information is then broadcast out, where it is received by the antenna provided to you. It's that simple! Check out the diagram below to see for yourself!

Why choose wireless?
At Home
Are you tired of… Waiting for your favorite Web site to download? Not being able to experience exciting new services like Internet video or audio because your connection is too slow? Being told by your phone or cable company that high-speed Internet access is not available in your neighborhood? Tying up a phone line while you are online? Paying for a second phone line only for Internet access?

IGS Wireless: No Phone Lines, No Waiting, No Hassles.

After a long day at work or school, you come home and expect to relax while checking out the latest sports scores, stock quotes, or playing a round of one of the hot new interactive 3D games. Unfortunately, you waste your valuable time sitting back and waiting while your Web pages crawl into view through an obsolete telephone network that was invented over 100 years ago.

What are your choices? Wait for the phone or cable company to invent a technology that can actually provide the high-speed Internet access you deserve?

Put some life back into your Internet connection. Choose IGS Wireless.

IGS Wireless developed the next generation of high-speed wireless Internet access. Your favorite Web pages, Internet video, and interactive games will snap to life with our wireless connection that is up to 50 times faster than your existing modem connection.

Why choose wireless?
At The Office

Can you afford to lose your customers because of slow Internet performance?
Are your employees wasting productivity waiting for files to download?
Have you been waiting months for your phone company to install a high-speed data line?
Are you tired of paying thousands of dollars per month for a dedicated high-speed line?

IGS Wireless: No Phone Lines, No Waiting, No Hassles.

E-Business creates new opportunities that were never realized before the Internet. Better access to information, improved productivity, and online commerce are all solutions that provide competitive advantage and transform the smallest business into a powerhouse.

Unfortunately, existing high-speed business Internet access technologies are costly. Many businesses cannot afford the overhead associated with dedicated T1 connectivity or dedicated xDSL service. Furthermore, low speed connectivity creates an additional cost burden in terms of poor employee productivity. How many times have you watched your employees wait while downloading a Web page?

IGS Wireless enables small to medium sized business to provide low cost high speed Internet access for its employees. Take a look at the following features:

It’s fast. IGS Wireless is up to 50 times faster than an analog modem and up to 12 times faster than a dual-channel ISDN connection. Files download in seconds-saving hours of employee time.

Defining Line of Sight?
LOS, or line of sight, means just what it says ... antennas can see each other. It does not mean that you can see a sparse outline of the target building through a forest of trees or that you know where the building is even though you cannot actually see it. For longer distances, clearance above objects at the center of the transmission path becomes important. The center path of the signal would be found if you were to imagine taking a string and connecting the antennas end to end. Clear line of sight includes clearance below the string and above all objects so that the radio signal can propagate without reflection over the path. A rule of thumb is to have 12 feet per mile of clearance at the center of the path between the two points you are connecting. How can you obtain line of sight? The best way is to get on top of the building and look before you buy. Most often, if you can see the building or part of it, there is a way to obtain line of sight. Poles or towers can be installed or you can hop to a structure that is a high point that can see both buildings to repeat the signal. In many cases permission to mount an antenna is only a phone call away.