Wireless Broad Band in 53022/53095

[RCNUT]

Hi Guy's
 Just a heads up, the wireless system that is being offered in SE West Bend and Northern Jackson may be coming to an end due to We Energies getting a bug up there _____ and demanding that the equipment be pulled off there tower on Rusco rd.,  if this happens there will be hundreds of customer out in the cold with no high speed internet options ( cable or DSL not available and SAT stinks!!). For those of us that bought the equipment, well tough.  munch-munch!!:(

[Tom Snyder]

Seriously look into DSL, and make them prove that it won't work... don't just take their word that it won't.

We're in Town of Jackson, just south of Sherman Road, and technically shouldn't be close enough to the CO to get AT&T DSL. But they gave it a shot, and we're getting 2.5 Mb down (for $19 a month).  They're putting in a remote unit soon somewhere, and when they do, we technically should have only then been able to get DSL at all (with 1 Mb). The CSR that helped me get set up believes we'll get 5 or 6 Mb down when that comes in.

Try to find a CSR like the one I had... We were laughing because there was just no way that I should be getting the speeds I'm getting...it was a problem because their billing wasn't set up to accept the package based on our bandwidth because we shouldn't have been able to get it. Even a tech guy he conferenced in just kept saying "No.. that's not possible."

[jkane]

Keep hoping you NEVER have any problems with it.  Because they won't fix it if it breaks or has intermittent problems.  

[RCNUT]

Hi Tom,
I'm close to NN & M (Newburg/Jackson boundary). I have talked to managers screamed, yelled etc. and the equipment that we are on is a slick hut which will not accept DSL. Charter stops about 3/4 mile away and there is no dealing with charter. Heck we didn't get touch tone till 1992, it's just to small of market hear.
Thanks
Scott

[Tom Snyder]

RCNUT:

UGH... yeah, you ARE out in the middle of nowhere!  Have you looked into Hughes.net (previously DirectWAV)... it's expensive, and it's not very fast, but if dial up is your only option it may be viable...

jkane:

I'm keeping my fingers crossed... it's been flawless since the day the modem first booted up.

[flash]

I recommend Netwurx as your new ISP. If you already own the wireless equipment (assuming it's Motorola canopy) you'd be set for your service to continue.
I'd contact them and check into your options because they have numerous capabilities to make it work for you!

Netwurx home page

Check them out. I'll send this link to the company owner (a friend of mine) and maybe he can post here for you also!

Post any other questions you may have!

[flash]

Here is a link to their coverage map!

wirelessmap

[picopir8]

As long as you have sprint cell cervice why not get an EVDO phone or an AT&T HSDPA phone (if they offer HSDPA up here yet).  Then use your phone as a modem.  The present deployments of EVDO and HSDPA offer around 2-4MBPS.  IIRC, sprint offers an unlimited data plan for under $50/mo.

[kevbeck122]

Question about Netwurx: Is there any place you can buy the equipment cheaper?  My aunt and uncle live in West Bend/Barton and that's their only option besides dialup.  They just don't want to drop between $300 and $400 for the equipment.

[flash]

You don't have to purchase the equipment from Netwurx.
They have plans for people who don't want to pay for the equipment
and it is ~$10 more for service each month.

Don't quote me on the pricing but I remember it being something like.....
$19 ( if you buy the equipment) and $29 (if you don't purchase it)
I don't know their current pricing plans but they are always doing some
kine of deals so I suggest you call them and I'm sure you'll be pleased with the
results!

If you have any more questions just fire away......

1-888-NETWURX .... I think.

[tazman]

I recommend Netwurx as your new ISP. If you already own the wireless equipment (assuming it's Motorola canopy) you'd be set for your service to continue.
I'd contact them and check into your options because they have numerous capabilities to make it work for you!

Netwurx home page

Check them out. I'll send this link to the company owner (a friend of mine) and maybe he can post here for you also!

Post any other questions you may have!

Personaly I wouldn't:mad:   If your east of Hwy 41.  Netwurx does not own the equipment.

Anyone east of Hwy 41 has to either get their signal from Rosco road or the Big Hwy 60 tower.  I am less than a mile east of the fair grounds and I have to get mine off the 60 tower, only because there is a hill between me and the Rosco road tower.  If you can get DSL like Tom then do it.  Just a note... Nconnect used to own or I should say manage the formentioned equipment and had leased bandwidth to Netwurx.  They since sold off there wireless operation to Bertram and Netwurx leases from them.  Netwurx however owns most all the equipment west and south of Harford and Nconnect/Bertram leases from them.  Anyone with service from the 2 forementioned towers will also have noticed that whether you are an Nconnect or a Netwurx customer as of the middle of this past January, you can no longer access the Motorola Canopy setup page on your subscriber module.  Bertram has blocked us out.  Netwurx can no longer see my paddle as well and that is who I have my service through.  They have to work through Bertram for all wireless problems.  Believe me I have had quite a few since the switch over.  Also, Bertram has throttled us all back as far as our download and upload speeds.  I useed to be able to download at about 4.0 to 4.5 mbit's and upload at about 1.5 mbit's.  1.5mbit's is now my max download speed.  No fault of Netwurx.  If you can hook up to a tower where Netwurx owns the equipment on it.  Then their service is pretty good.  They still manage their wireless operation for all the towers they own the equipment on.

As far as DSL I have been trying for years to get it.  Now it is only when ATT gets into my subdivision to do new hookups that I will finaly get it.  Since last year all new cable was buried through my subdivision in order to back feed the new subdivision going up behind me.  I spoke the the foreman from WASS when they were burying the new cable and I was told that DSL would be comming with it.  I now have a new pedistal only 50 feet from my house, where as the old current one is over 500 feet away at the far end of my property down by the road.  But untill ATT gets out here and hooks everything up and installs the new equipment I am SOL and stuck with Netwurx wireless for the time being.

[tazman]

I'm not poo pooing the wireless service altogether.  But it does have its problems.


PS...  Whenever I do finally get DSL, I will have a Motorola Canopy subscriber module and reflector dish for sale.:wave:  2.4 ghz

[kevbeck122]

^ Let me know when that happens.  I may be interested.

I called them a few days ago and it sounded like you had to buy the equipment.  $340 or $390 depending on if you need 2.4GHz or 900MHz, cost of cabling, plus $30 a month.  The towers they would be using would either be the one by Sunburst ski hill in Kewaskum (the map says that this is the closest) or the one at 33 and 45 in West Bend.

[tazman]

^ Let me know when that happens.  I may be interested.

I called them a few days ago and it sounded like you had to buy the equipment.  $340 or $390 depending on if you need 2.4GHz or 900MHz, cost of cabling, plus $30 a month.  The towers they would be using would either be the one by Sunburst ski hill in Kewaskum (the map says that this is the closest) or the one at 33 and 45 in West Bend.

It was $320 when I bought the equipment, plus $75 for a dish if you needed it.  What they sold you was the SM, 50 feet of outdoor Cat-5 cable with ends already installed and a mounting bracket.  The key thing is, can you see any of the towers from your location, where you might be installing the subscriber module?  Some trees won't be a problem.  But any hill or building then forget it.  I am not sure if they still do the $19.99 a month if you buy the equipment or not.  That price may have gone up.

[kevbeck122]

They're somewhat deep in the woods.  The house is on a hill.  No other buildings are close to it.  I don't know how well it would work with all the trees surrounding the place.