Silver City, Arenas Valley, Tyrone, White Signal, Dos Griegos, and surrounding areas

What is Wireless?

Wireless internet is 'Always On', like cable or DSL, except without wires (from your antenna to our antenna). It is transmitted through the air from one of our towers to a small external antenna mounted at your site that is in an unobstructed line of site. The signal is then carried from your antenna to your computer via a Cat5 network cable to the NIC (Network Interface Card or Port on your computer). The Cat5E network cable is less than the diameter of a pencil and can transfer data at rates greater than 100Mbps.

What does "line of sight" (LOS) mean?

Line of sight means that you have an unobstructed view from your antenna to one of our towers. Very often distance from the tower makes it impossible to see due to haze or other atmospheric conditions. The further from one of our towers you live, generally the easier it is to achieve Line Of Sight. The things that would inhibit LOS are trees & large buildings. Most buildings do not degrade signal enough to stop connectivity, but 1 green tree will absolutely absorb all signal. To see if LOS can be achieved at your home or place of business call for a free site survey.