The Future of Internet Arrives in North Florida: Wireless Partners Broadband and EarthLink Launch High-Speed Network, Replacing Outdated DSL
Residents in several communities in Florida – including Cross City – now have access to ultra-high-capacity, high-speed broadband technology, thanks to the launch of Wireless Partners’ high-speed network. Wireless Partners is excited to announce a $70 million partnership with Aspire Hardware Solutions to secure Tarana equipment that will replace DSL in the Southeast and Northeast regions of the United States. The new network deployed in Northwestern Florida is Wireless Partners’ first location of many to receive a high-speed broadband solution acting in response to the announced intentions of the industry’s major carriers to decommission copper-based DSL.
In partnership with EarthLink, Wireless Partners has launched ‘true high-speed broadband’ services in areas traditionally limited to legacy DSL networks. Leveraging Tarana’s next-generation fixed wireless access (ngFWA) technology, this collaboration enhances EarthLink’s service offerings by delivering a transformative broadband solution that improves economics and performance in both mainstream and underserved markets.
“DSL customers are already receiving letters from major carriers that their DSL connections will be disconnected,” said Robert Parsloe, Chief Executive Officer of Wireless Partners. “With funding support from Aspire, this initial launch marks the beginning of our commitment to rapidly expand this game-changing technology throughout the Southeast and beyond to replace legacy DSL. We are thrilled to partner with EarthLink and Tarana to provide residents and Businesses of Florida with the robust, high-speed internet they deserve.”
The primary objective of this partnership is to offer EarthLink’s subscribers currently utilizing DSL connections a true high-speed broadband experience upgrade. Presently, EarthLink uses fiber, DSL, and FWA to deliver ISP services to their subscribers nationwide.
“We are thrilled with the rapid deployment of Wireless Partners’ ngFWA network,” said EarthLink CEO Glenn Goad. “This partnership will undoubtedly provide our existing DSL customer base a migration path to a superior user experience.”
“We’re proud to support Wireless Partners with a flexible, scalable Hardware-as-a-Service solution and Aviat’s reliable, high-performance backhaul and transport systems that accelerates their Tarana-powered network expansion and delivers true broadband to the Florida communities,” said Rob Haywood, Chief Revenue Officer at Aspire Hardware Solutions.
“Helping operators like Earthlink accelerate efforts to bring their subscribers into the modern world of broadband has been our steadfast mission throughout a decade of fundamental innovation in wireless technology,” added Tarana CEO Basil Alwan. “We’re excited to see our work enabling the long overdue transition from DSL to modern, high-speed Internet.”
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