Wireless Connectivity

Certainly technology and the invention of the Internet have revolutionized the world as we know it. It’s hard to imagine life without high speed Internet. How would we work? How would our children learn? How would we effectively communicate?

Today’s mobile workforce depends on broadband solutions to power the vast range of mobile devices it uses to conduct business outside the office. It’s also not uncommon to walk into an elementary school and find young students tapping away at their laptops. University students no longer need to stay in the library until midnight conducting research as all the information they need is available at their fingertips with the click of a mouse.

As a society, we have realized that an investment in broadband solutions is an investment in our future. From nations like China and Columbia to Australia and France, many countries have recognized that technology is the great economic equalizer and have pushed to develop national broadband strategies. But here in the U.S. we take for granted that everyone has access to high speed broadband solutions.

According to an AuburnPub article, as few as one in five people in the U.S. have access to the same high speed Internet enjoyed by the citizens of South Korea, Sweden, and Japan. According to FCC (News - Alert) reports, there are still 19 million of us that are living below the broadband standard – most of this population resides in the treasured small towns and rural communities spanning across the country.

The dilemma we now face with rural broadband solutions implementation mirrors that of 1930s America when electrical service was only available to 10 percent of the population. In 1935, the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) came together to ensure that the country’s surrounding farm communities would have access to electrical services as well.

The utility companies of the time were not unlike the broadband solutions providers of our day – both avoided investing in rural America. The gap in service has required federal and state governments to step in and provide incentives to encourage investment in these unserved and underserved communities.

Actelis (News - Alert) Networks is meeting this need, while at the same time providing cost-effective service and sufficient bandwidth to even power OTT video offerings like Netflix and IPTV (News - Alert). Through its Broadband Accelerator (BBA), service providers can use current copper phone networks to extend broadband solutions to rural communities that lack sufficient bandwidth or that don’t have any form of high speed Internet available at all. Essentially, the Actelis BBA has made it affordable to deliver broadband service to the masses by augmenting the current DSL set-up and dramatically improving reach.

Without it, students and businesses are at a great disadvantage and face limited opportunity for growth due to their failure to compete. The deliverance of high speed Internet to rural areas is integral for protecting America’s small towns and for ensuring that its residents have access to the same scholastic opportunities and quality of life as everyone else.

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