US wireless internet provider, IJNT has announced plans to build a backbone network in Europe that promises to slash the price of access to the internet.
IJNT, has been in business in Salt Lake City, Utah for two years and is on the verge of signing up partners in Germany, Turkey, Portugal and Sweden. The company hopes to finalize these agreements in order to roll out full-scale broadband wireless internet services by the middle of this year.
IJNT’s service allows users to bypass the local telephone company by using the 2.4GHz frequency which can reach customers within a five to ten mile radius of IJNT’s transmission point. Companies interested in using the service would need to put an antenna on the roof of their building and from here an ethernet cable into the corporate LAN. This will provide 2Mbps access to the internet to any number of users in the building.
Company lawyer, Brandon Powell claims: Our service is 30% less expensive than the same speeds over a fixed line as we don’t have to lay cables in the streets. A wired T1 line in Salt Lake City costs approximately $800-$1,000 whereas the equivalent wireless access service from IJNT will cost $600. IJNT has no partners in the UK yet but is open to discussions. We don’t have the manpower to attack the whole globe all at once, I wish we did, said Powell.
