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2. Cut Costs, Not Your Connection: How to Get Home Internet for Less

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   Nov. 15—(StatePoint) If you're struggling with access to reliable and affordable wireless home internet, you're not alone. In fact, more than 20% of Americans living in rural areas and nearly 30 ...

3. Wi-Fi - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. Wi-Fi ( / ˈwaɪfaɪ /) [1] [a] is a family of wireless network protocols based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio waves. These are the most widely used computer networks, used globally in ...

4. Wireless broadband - Wikipedia

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   Wireless broadband. Three fixed wireless dishes with protective covers on top of 307 W. 7th Street, Fort Worth, Texas, around 2001. Wireless broadband is a telecommunications technology that provides high-speed wireless Internet access or computer networking access over a wide area. The term encompasses both fixed and mobile broadband.

5. Internet access - Wikipedia

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   e. Internet access is a facility or service that provides connectivity for a computer, a computer network, or other network device to the Internet, and for individuals or organizations to access or use applications such as email and the World Wide Web. Internet access is offered for sale by an international hierarchy of Internet service ...

6. Long-range Wi-Fi - Wikipedia

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   Long-range Wi-Fi. Long-range Wi-Fi is used for low-cost, unregulated point-to-point computer network connections, as an alternative to other fixed wireless, cellular networks or satellite Internet access . Wi-Fi networks have a range that's limited by the frequency, transmission power, antenna type, the location they're used in, and the ...

7. Internet in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In measurements made between April and June 2013 (Q2), the United States ranked 8th out of 55 countries with an average connection speed of 8.7 Mbit/s. This represents an increase from 14th out of 49 countries and 5.3 Mbit/s for January to March 2011 (Q1). The global average for Q2 2013 was 3.3 Mbit/s, up from 2.1 Mbit/s for Q1 2011.