For Immediate Release
April 22, 2013
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Contact: Joshua Montgomery
Phone: (785) 813-1538
Email:
joshua.montgomery@wickedbroadband.com
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GIGABIT FIBER PRE-REGISTRATION
PERIOD OPENS IN LAWRENCE KANSAS
Lawrence, Kan.
– April 22, 2013 - Wicked Broadband is pleased to announce that residents of
Lawrence can now pre-register to receive Wicked Fiber Gigabit Internet service.
This marks
the first time that a company other than Google Inc has deployed a gigabit
fiber network using a process similar to the one pioneered by Google Fiber.
Like
Google, Wicked Broadband is campaigning to pre-register customers for gigabit
fiber service. The neighborhood with the
highest percentage of pre-registrations on June 15, 2013 will be the first to receive the ultra
high speed service ( 1,000 Megabits Per Second ). Other neighborhoods will be deployed later
provided they’ve reached the company’s pre-registration threshold.
Wicked Broadband’s current customers and newly pre-registered
customers are already hosting yard signs, promoting pre-registration on social
media and talking to neighbors about what gigabit fiber will mean to them.
Neighborhoods
with gigabit service are able to access the Internet at 100 times the speed of
the average American household.
Customers using the service can stream multiple HD video streams and download
full length movies in minutes. Since the
service is bi-directional (i.e. upload speeds similar to its download speeds)
customers are also able to upload photo albums, videos and other large files in
the blink of an eye.
As the
“TheStreet.com” pointed out today[*],
one added advantage of this type of ultra-fast Internet service is its role in
advancing a la carte television programming as the viewing norm. Customers who subscribe to ultra-fast
Internet will be able to cut the cord and cancel expensive subscription
television services.
Wicked
Broadband isn’t just borrowing plays from Google’s playbook. The company is also innovating in several new
and novel ways:
- Wicked Broadband is installing
four fibers at each subscriber location, but the company is only using
two. The remaining capacity is
available on a wholesale basis to competing carriers who might want to
deliver Internet, telephone, television or other telecommunications
services in the future.
- To encourage entrepreneurship
and innovation, Wicked Broadband is offering a unique business service
that combines dedicated bandwidth for essential applications with best
effort bandwidth for Internet browsing and day-to-day access.
- Each subscriber’s home will
host a battery back up good for 8 hours along with a Wicked Broadband
controlled WiFi access point. This
combination allows for emergency network access during power outages and weather
emergencies.
Wicked
Fiber will be posting the first results from the first four weeks of the pre-registration
period on May 15, 2013. Results will be
posted daily thereafter. Tune in to http://wickedfiber.com to see which
neighborhoods are leading the pack in the race to get the gig.
About Wicked
Broadband:
Owned and
operated by founders Kristie Adair and Joshua Montgomery, Wicked Broadband is
the only locally owned Internet service provider in Lawrence, Kan. The company
provides broadband Internet services using a variety of technologies including
directional microwave, WiFi and fiber to the premises. Wicked Broadband is
staffed by military veterans, active reservists and military spouses. For more
information, visit http://wickedfiber.com
