| Company | Coverage Area | Price | Additional Services |
Eduro Technologies
www.edurotech.com
240-529-2000
Frederick, Md.
Total users: Not disclosed
Years in Service: 1.5
Updated: Jan. 28, 2003 | Frederick and Urbana, Md. | Wireless (proprietary): 512 kbps each way, $79/month | E-mail Services:
No. of accounts included: 3
Junk mail filter: Y (SpamAssassin)
Virus Scanning: N
Access: POP, Web-mail
Tech Support: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
Parental Controls: N
Software: None
Web server space: None |
| Eduro Technologies Company Quote: "Eduro Technologies is the largest wireless high-speed Internet service provider in Frederick. With over 12 wireless POPs plus several dedicated fiber POPs, we offer both business and residential customers a reliable, cost-effective, and quality connection to the Internet." |
ESWIS.net
www.eswis.net
571-258-0101
Leesburg
Total users: 25
Years in Service: 7 months
Updated: Jan. 27, 2003 | Southeast Leesburg and vicinity | Wireless (802.11b): 600 kbps/128 kbps, $45 | E-mail Services:
No. of accounts included: 3, others $2 each
Junk mail filter: N
Virus Scanning: Y
Access: E-mail access: POP, Web-mail
Tech Support: 24 hrs./day
Parental Controls: N
Software: None
Web server space: None |
| ESWIS.net Company Quote: "Our coverage area is a small residential segment of Leesburg. We set these boundaries intentionally in order to focus our energies into providing the best possible service to our immediate community, a concept other providers struggle with daily." |
GeekSpeed Networks
www.geekspeed.net
Cascades, Va.
Total users: 12
Years in Service: 1
Updated: Jan. 24, 2003 | Cascades (Potomac Falls subdivision) | Wireless (802.11b): 1.5 Mbps each way, $50 | E-mail Services:
No. of accounts included: 1
Junk mail filter: N
Virus Scanning: N
Access: E-mail access: IMAP
Tech Support: 24 hrs./day
Parental Controls: N
Software: None
Web server space: 100 MB |
| GeekSpeed Company Quote: "Geekspeed Networks provides T-1 Internet access to a neighborhood in the broadband dead zone of Cascades, Virginia. We are a member of the Capital Area Wireless Network (www.cawnet.org), helping to create and support community wireless networks in the D.C. area." |
Luminary Online
www.luminaryonline.net
703-787-7700
Chantilly, Va.
Total users:
Years in Service: 2
Updated: Jan. 29, 2003 | Ashburn, Centreville, Chantilly, Gainesville, Haymarket, Leesburg, Manassas, Sterling | Wireless (802.11b): 1 Mbps/128 kbps, $69.95 | E-mail Services:
No. of accounts included: 5
Junk mail filter: Y (blacklists)
Virus Scanning: Y
Access: E-mail access: POP, IMAP
Tech Support: 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
Parental Controls: N
Software: None
Web server space: 10 MB for $9 |
| Luminary Online Company Quote: "We provide wireless coverage to 2,400 square miles -- Prince William, Warren, Fauquier and Loudoun Counties and the edges of Fairfax, including Chantilly, Herndon, Reston, South Riding, Ashburn and Sterling. We are extending our service every day." |
Nova Wireless Networking Project
www.novawireless.net
703-546-5089
Reston, Va.
Total users: 100
Years in Service: 1
Updated: Jan. 28, 2003 | Reston | Wireless (802.11b): 1 Mbps each way, $35 | E-mail Services:
No. of accounts included: 5
Junk mail filter: N
Virus Scanning: Y
Access: E-mail access: POP, Web-mail
Tech Support: 24 hrs./day
Parental Controls: N
Software: None
Web server space: None |
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Potomac Hunt Wireless Internet Project
www.phwip.net
571-426-2326
Sterling, Va.
Total users: 10
Years in Service: 6 months
Updated: Jan. 29, 2003 | Sterling (Potomac Hunt subdivision) | Wireless (802.11b): 128 kbps/64 kbps, $20; 600 kbps/300 kbps, $40; 1.5 Mbps each way, $70 | E-mail Services:
No. of accounts included: 2 w/ $20 plan, 3 w/ $40 plan, 5 w/ $70 plan
Junk mail filter: N
Virus Scanning: N
Access: E-mail access: POP, IMAP, Web-mail
Tech Support: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. every day
Parental Controls: N
Software: None
Web server space: None |
| Company Quote: "Supporting limited free access from www.cawnet.org." |
Reston Wireless
www.reston-wireless.net
703-593-8644
Reston, Va.
Total users: 1,000
Years in Service: 1
Updated: Jan. 23, 2003 | Reston | Wireless (802.11b): 128 kbps/16 kbps, $39.95; 256 kbps/32 kbps, $49.95; 512 kbps/64 kbps, $59.95 | E-mail Services:
No. of accounts included: 2, others $6/yr. each
Junk mail filter: Y (blacklists)
Virus Scanning: Y
Access: E-mail access: POP, Web-mail
Tech Support: 24 hrs./day
Parental Controls: N
Software: None
Web server space: 10 MB |
| Reston Wireless Company Quote: "We are a small, service-oriented company. 75 percent of our business comes from referrals. In addition to our Internet access offering, we also offer Web hosting, design services, e-mail, domain registration and consulting services." |
TopWave Wireless Internet Service
www.topwisp.net
703-930-5128
Cascades, Va.
Total users: 20
Years in Service: 2 months
Updated: Jan. 28, 2003 | Cascades (Potomac Falls subdivision) | Wireless (802.11b): 1.5 Mbps each way, $50 | E-mail Services:
No. of accounts included: 4, others $1 each
Junk mail filter: N
Virus Scanning: Y
Access: E-mail access: POP, IMAP, Web-mail
Tech Support: 24 hrs./day
Parental Controls: N
Software: None
Web server space: 50 MB |
| TopWave Company Quote: "As a member of Capital Area Wireless Networks (www.cawnet.org), TopWave provides high-quality broadband service in Cascades, Va. We've done what cable and phone companies couldn't do. We deliver the high-speed Internet that everyone should have." |
WBS Wireless
www.wbs-wireless.com
703-729-8961
Ashburn, Va.
Total users: 8
Years in Service: 6 months
Updated: Jan. 23, 2003 | Ashburn (parts of Ashburn Farm/Village subdivisions) | Wireless (802.11b): 1.5 Mbps each way, $49 | E-mail Services:
No. of accounts included: Unlimited
Junk mail filter: N
Virus Scanning: N
Access: E-mail access: POP, IMAP, Web-mail
Tech Support: 9 a.m.-10 p.m.
Parental Controls: N
Software: None
Web server space: 100 MB |
| WBS Wireless Company Quote: "My goal is to manage a small number of local clients and provide a high-speed, low cost, full-service Internet solution to users in and around the Ashburn area providing a better and more reliable solution than Adelphia." |
