LTE Quick Start Guide: BEC 6300

This Guide is for the BEC Ridgewave Modem Congratulations! You hold in your hand Rock Island‘s newest wireless Internet service designed to serve the San Juan County for years to come. Rock Island has been building this network using nation-leading wireless technology...

Radio Frequency Communications Primer

T-Mobile uses radio frequency (RF) communications for delivery of emergency responder communications, broadband and cellular phone access. They use only FCC approved transceivers and conducts engineering evaluations to ensure that emissions are always at safe levels...

The Story of High Speed Internet in San Juan County

Rural communities left behind Bandwidth requirements continue to increase as modern technology advances and services move to the cloud. Currently, the average broadband speed nationwide is nearly 20 Mbps and rising while San Juan County speeds are less than half of...

Building a Fiber-Optic Infrastructure

A Construction Effort The key concept to understand about getting fiber-optic broadband is that it is a major utility construction effort involving excavation and Rock Island utility crews. There are three components to building this infrastructure: Backbone – the...

Becoming a Fiber Group Organizer

What you need to know to get started   Calling All Leaders! Find out what it takes to organize and lead a community group through the process of getting reliable, high-speed, fiber-optic broadband into your neighborhood at the best possible price. Groups may be...