Customer Premise Equipment

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New Orleans, Louisiana, Seattle, Washington, St. Cloud, Florida, and Corpus Christi, Texas. What do all these cities have in common? They all are implementing city wide wireless broadband networks, otherwise known as municipal WiFi networks. While these municipal WiFi networks are at times shrouded in controversy, it's becoming increasingly evident that the efforts of those who choose to build these networks will greatly enhance the opportunities and conveniences provided to the visitors, citizens, businesses and all other communities of their respective cities. It is the opportunities and conveniences of the WiFi network that is prompting communities throughout the World to begin deploying municipal WiFi networks.

A conservative estimate is that once a municipal WiFi network is completely deployed and is providing wireless Internet access citywide, approximately 30% of the city's population will, within the first year of deployment, begin to actively use the network. The benefits of the municipal WiFi network will extend to areas of economic development, educational advancement, government improvement and increased tourism. Those who choose to deploy municipal WiFi networks have a bright future provided that they can build a network that will be used by the visitors, citizens and businesses of the community.

While the future is bright for municipal WiFi networks, there is still one question that remains to be answered. How will customers connect to the municipal WiFi network? The ability to connect customers to the municipal WiFi network is of utmost importance. Often times average PCs have low-power WiFi cards. They may be able to receive the signal but do not have the strength to send the signal back. A few of the newer laptops may have the ability to connect to the wireless network with the built-in wireless network card, but for most, there will be a need for customer premise equipment.

Rightway Online has spent the last two years testing a variety of range extenders and amplifiers available on the market today with the municipal WiFi network located in Corpus Christi, Texas. Rightway Online's testing has found what products will and will not allow customers to connect to municipal WiFi networks. Rightway Online's extensive testing has been able to connect a growing number of users in Corpus Christi to the municipal WiFi network and we are working continuously to provide the best possible solutions for connecting our customers to the municipal WiFi network in Corpus Christi, Texas and in other locations.

Rightway Online is committed to continue testing new products as they hit the market to ensure that we are providing our customers with the right equipment for connecting to municipal WiFi networks. Rightway Online prides ourselves on finding the best possible solution for our customers and we are committed to ensuring that when customers choose Rightway Online as their CPE provider, they have a chosen a company that is dedicated to connecting them to the municipal WiFi network of their choice. Rightway Online is the right choice with the right solution to provide you with the right equipment needed to achieve optimum connectivity.