EarthLink California Wireless

Would be nice if it was available in my town, I will be keeping an eye on this one.

Wonder if this service is mobile or fixed?

Looks like it covers the boonies of northern cal, red bluff, shasta, sierras area. Looks like a good deal too.

Fixed

Verizon, the nation's largest wireless carrier with 37.5 million subscribers, is leading the charge to deploy a national wireless broadband data network -- and it's no slouch when it comes to wire-line coverage, either. The largest of the "Baby Bells," Verizon has an estimated nine million miles of fiber crisscrossing the country, which it is now bundling into a single, national IP network under the name Enterprise Advance. This unprecedented combination of wire-line and wireless infrastructure could make Verizon an appealing choice for enterprises in search of a one-stop shop for broadband coverage.

Until now, the missing link has always been wireless. But with the rollout of a new technology called EvDO (evolution, data optimized), Verizon wireless users will enjoy burst data rates of 2.4Mbps and average data rates of 300Kbps to 600Kbps.

Then just what Earthlink needs to compete more.

They don't get more DSL and cable so they go for wireless. They're Sat systems by DirecWay must not be making them anymore money aww what a shame

I wonder where the support is coming from?

Anyone want to place bets?

India
New Delhi
Ghetto
...pricing is good but in anything I want to know I'm going to get support for a good offer

Why expand more service into cities that already have there choice of atleast 1 cable provider, 2 or 3 dsl providers, probably 4 or 5 fixed wireless providers, and possibly some fiber?

Doesnt make any sense, stop being stupid earthlink and hit the rural folks.

Yes. This is over the cell phone networks, FYI. Not point-to-point 802.11 or whatever.

Which is good/bad depending on how you look at it.

Well...

The wireless service is in rural areas (Chico, Chester, Quincy, Portola, Quincy, etc...). The support is in Chico, CA, and this does not use cell towers, it is all 802.11b and g. I have the service, just not through earthlink.