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THIS is the future of high-speed accessWhen I recently moved to Louisville, Co (right off South Boulder Road, fairly close to McCaslin) I set off to find high-speed access. As a freelance web developer stationed at home this was something I really needed for my work. Due to my distance from the nearest CO and that Comcast does not offer cable internet here, I had no cable or DSL options available in this location. In an act of desperation I searched on Louisville on this site and came across Path Broadband.
I had heard of wireless broadband but was not even aware it was so readily available as a residential project. There were definitely some horror story reviews with some of the other WB providers in the area but I figured I had nothing to lose by giving this a shot. The deal I was offered by Path was $64.95 a month (including equipmental rental), $50 install fee and 30-day trial period. The terms are for a 12-month contract.
I called them up on a Monday and by Thursday I was up and running. It's crazy to think this was a last-ditch option when it should be a first choice for everyone. I am right on Level 3's backbone and seem to have an extremely large amount of bandwidth at my dispoal. I downloaded a concert via the BitTorrent P2P program at a rate 250K/sec. As far as I can tell, I basically have more than T-1 bandwidth for a mere $65 a month.
About ten days into my service, I lost internet connection altogether. Within a few hours of calling in, a Path technician was over and fixed the problem (which turned out to br the section of network cable coming into the house from the dish). I am still curious as to how the dish on my roof will hold up in three feet of snow come winter but I am reassured by the strong support Path offers. As with cable and DSL their are availability restrictions with this kind of microwave transmission (you have to have line-of-sight to one of their towers) but when you look at what you get for your money, this is the far superior choice to cable or DSL in my opinion. |
