Access Consulting of Missoula, Montana brings Broadband to Elk River, Idaho for the First Time

Town Utilized Federal Grant to Fund Wireless Broadband Network

Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com , a leading provider of end-to-end broadband wireless systems that deliver the quadruple play, today announced that Access Consulting http://www.access-consulting.net/ has deployed Proxim’s wireless solutions to provide the town of Elk River, Idaho http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk_River,_Idaho with its first ever broadband access network. Elk River, which funded the broadband wireless network through a Federal grant, provides an example for similar rural towns throughout the country struggling to find a cost-effective means of bringing broadband access to previously un-reached areas.

"Having a broadband connection is essential to give our town equal access to all the resources available on the Web," said Margaret Patterson, the Director of Elk River Free Library District, who spearheaded the effort to secure the Federal grant that paid for the network. "We’re a small town, and we’re geographically remote, but that does not mean we don’t have the same need for Internet connectivity. And thanks to a Federal grant and the ability of wireless technology to enable cost-effective access, we are now connected."

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About Access Consulting

Access Consulting http://www.access-consulting.net/ is an independent professional engineering firm providing consulting services related to the design, construction, and operation of information technology infrastructure. Located in Missoula, Montana, the firm works nationwide with public sector, K-12, higher education, and private clients on projects including rural telecommunications master planning, wireless LAN and WAN design/deployment, enterprise telephone system design/procurement, and campus wired network design/construction management. http://www.access-consulting.net/

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