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Ring Technology Provides Internet Access Without Wires

PHOENIX-Advanced Radio Telecom Corp.'s wireless broadband IP network is operational in the Phoenix area. The service boasts the ability to be up and running within 10 days--without cost to building owners.

By Patricia L. Kirk | Updated on December 10, 2000

PHOENIX-The folks of Advanced Radio Telecom Corp. are making some big claims. The provider is offering a no-wires-attached, high-speed Internet connectivity solution to building owners and their tenants. ART, a Bellevue, WA-based wireless IP, uses ring architecture to bring broadband internet access to clusters of office buildings.

There’s no digging up streets, tearing out walls or downtime to upgrade a building to fiber-optic-quality capacity, according to Mike Jones, the firm’s technical project manager in Phoenix. ART’s “invisible fiber” service provides IP Ethernet connectivity to a wide-area network at speeds ranging from 3 to 50 megabits per second—-3 Mbps is twice as fast as a T1 line–and up 155 Mbps for data centers and other applications requiring high-capacity bandwidth. Additionally, there’s no rewiring involved to increase capacity when a tenant’s bandwidth requirements change, as ART’s system can be reconfigured to provide up to 50 Mbps.

Best of all, the company is offering to install its services at no cost to building owners. The cost to users is lower than fiber optic service, according to Jones, who notes that once a building is’lit’(equipment installed), service can be provided within 10 days. The $100,000 capital outlay for equipment and installation is borne by ART.

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