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America Connect was formed to bring the same advanced digital communications to the rural / ex-urban communities that are readily available in major metropolitan areas. This is commonly known as the "digital divide". Our goal at America Connect is to bridge the digital divide and become the source for connecting rural America with wireless broadband Internet access and backhaul transport using the most advanced technologies available.

America Connect is a Raleigh, NC based corporation that is the recipient of one of North Carolina’s Rural Internet Access Authority’s (RIAA) incentive grants to provide advanced wireless broadband connectivity to rural communities in North Carolina. America Connect was awarded this grant in the fourth quarter of 2002 after competitive review by the RIAA appropriations committee that chose America Connect’s proposal over 128 competing proposals to provide connectivity and access to citizens of Granville, Person, Vance and Haywood counties.

Formed in 1999 from industry veterans with extensive experience in fixed wireless and carrier class telecommunications networks, America Connect provides advanced broadband access and transport solutions to consumers, businesses, and the wireless mobile operators that serve in Tier 2-4 communities.

America Connect has unique, patented techniques for addressing these underserved communities and through its commercial relationships with major tower companies in the United States has the ability to establish points of presence (POPs) at over 37,000 unique tower locations in the United States.

In 2002 America Connect received a grant from North Carolina’s Rural Internet Access Authority (RIAA) to help make this vision a reality. With the backing of the State, major telecom concerns, and industry leaders America Connect will be operating several pilot programs in North Carolina to refine technical aspects of the system, tune its service offering, and gauge customer demand in different areas.

In order to achieve the desired service reliability, system stability, and cost targets America Connect will utilize the FCC’s licensed Wireless Communications Service (WCS) frequency band for the pilot programs. The licensed frequency allows a higher power level thus significantly increasing the system’s reach and insuring our customers the service quality and reliability they have come to expect. America Connect’s novel use of wireless transport for the middle and last mile allow a broadband service offering that is cost effective, high-speed, and can be deployed in communities where the population centers may be located over a geographically diverse area. A licensed wireless service offering breaks the mold when it comes to broadband, it can be rapidly deployed where wired service offerings are at a distinct cost and service disadvantage.

It is America Connect’s vision to utilize its advanced demographic modeling technology to replicate the successes of the pilot program in rural and ex-urban communities across a wide geographic area. Our mission is to bring cost effective broadband voice, data, and video to currently underserved communities. With the help of federal, state, and local governments we can make bridging the digital divide a business reality.