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PocketiNet to offer fiber optics in downtown Walla Walla
ALFRED DIAZ Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
WALLA WALLA - After receiving a franchise from the city last month, PocketiNet is now offering fiber optic connections downtown.
Company President Todd Brandenburg said this is the first time since his company started providing Internet service a decade ago that PocketiNet has offered the service to an overall community, in this case the downtown area from Poplar to Rose streets and from Colville Street to Ninth Avenue. In addition, service is also available to businesses along Rose Street up to Key Technologies at Avery Street.
"Fiber optics are used to connect every single (larger) city in the country, but some of the rural cities have been left behind because of the unavailability," Brandenburg said.
At a City Council meeting last month, PocketiNet was unanimously granted a franchise to use municipal poles to string its fiber optic lines for the next 10 years.
The advantage of using fiber optic over cable or DSL Internet lines is that once installed fiber optic lines can be adapted more readily to higher data rate transfers, and can reach upload and download speeds of one gigabyte per second, Brandenburg said.
In his comparison of cable and DSL to fiber optic, Brandenburg said, "it is kind of like a little cow path to a multi-interstate highway."
PocketiNet will offer a 20 megs per second upload and download speed for about $49 per month, close to what other providers are charging, Brandenburg said. But he also pointed out he expects the greater savings to be for businesses needing higher data transfer rates of 100 megs per second or more. The company will also offer free installation for customers who sign three-year contracts.
While fiber optics may be new to local businesses, it is not new to Internet providers. The difference is fiber optic connections will be available to a large group of businesses within the downtown area, and the company plans to eventually expand to college and surrounding residential areas.
"The benefit of having fiber optic into the business is unlimited expansion, it is that you can go from 20 megs to 100 megs to a gig, and that expansion capacity will take you into the future," Brandenburg said.
PocketiNet provides Internet services to 14 Eastern Washington and Oregon communities ranging from Connell to Yakima to Hermiston to Walla Walla.
PocketiNet Broadband Internet Service now available in Yakima.
Yakima, WA April 2, 2010: PocketiNet Communications, a leading provider of high speed fixed wireless broadband services, has successfully deployed service to the community of Yakima, Union Gap, Moxee and surrounding areas. The three new tower sites will provide coverage that will allow previously underserved residents and businesses in the rural and surrounding communities of Yakima access to reliable, high speed Internet access.
“I'm excited for our company as we branch out into this new market. I think we have a state of the art network in the area that should provide a very high quality service to our customers there” stated Todd Brandenburg, President of PocketiNet Communications Inc. “Of course, in addition to our network, it’s really our employees that provide the “special sauce” that makes us unique and better than the rest!”
PocketiNet is a locally owned and operated broadband Internet service provider. Founded in April of 2000, PocketiNet serves the Mid-Columbia Basin from Walla Walla to Yakima, WA and south to Umatilla, OR and all points in between. In the competitive market of broadband Internet service providers, PocketiNet has positioned itself above the competition by actually delivering on its promises: speed, reliability, value, dedication and customer care.
PocketiNet Communications expands broadband service to residents of Connell, WA.
Connell, WA - February 23, 2010: PocketiNet Communications, a leading provider of high speed fixed wireless broadband services, has recently added another new tower site to their network to service Connell, WA. This new tower allows previously underserved residents and businesses in the rural and surrounding communities of Connell access to reliable, high speed Internet access.
“PocketiNet is constantly looking to expand our network and we are proud to serve this new market of Connell” stated Todd Brandenburg, President of PocketiNet Communications Inc. “We’re excited to extend our high quality Internet services to the community and provide a state of the art, broadband internet connection to the rapidly growing community of Connell.”
PocketiNet to deploy next-generation WiMAX technology.
Tri-Cities, WA – May 5, 2009: After nearly a year of testing, PocketiNet Communications, Inc. announces that it is launching Fourth Generation, WiMAX Technology to the Tri-Cities region within the next few months. WiMAX, which means Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is the next-generation standard of wireless telecommunications technology that enhances outdoor wireless data access.
"WiMAX will offer our customers increased speeds and service reliability" states Todd Brandenburg, PocketiNet Communications President. "We're excited to offer a new level of service for businesses that require dedicated bandwidth for mission critical applications in addition to Quality of Service."
PocketiNet has selected Fixed WiMAX, which provides advanced communications designed for high-speed data for business and high-end residential users, rather than a mobile broadband as used by some cellular networks. "We’re pleased to offer this latest generation of WiMAX fixed wireless service to our region. PocketiNet has always strived to provide innovative solutions and next-generation applications into the network which equates to a better level of service to our customers."
PocketiNet selected Aperto Networks, a PacketMax line of WiMAX products. Aperto Networks helps leading service providers deliver affordable wireless voice and broadband by building the world’s most advanced WiMAX base stations and subscriber units. Aperto fundamentally changes the economics of delivering voice and broadband services through IP-rich, point-to-point and point-to-multipoint networks, allowing carriers to offer a wider variety of services. Its carrier-class WiMAX technology offers industry-leading subscriber density, quality of service, ease of use and reliability.
PocketiNet Communications, Inc is a regional Internet Service Provider servicing 14 communities throughout Eastern Washington and Northeast Oregon. The company delivers business class Internet and Wide Area Network solutions to business and enterprise customers as well as a host of value-added Internet services. PocketiNet has offices in Kennewick and Walla Walla, WA and was founded in 2000 with the mission of bringing advanced Internet solutions to rural communities.
PocketiNet’s Network Adds Los Angeles Redundancy
PocketiNet Communications which is headquartered in Walla Walla, WA, adds a new redundant Internet data center & feed from Los Angeles, CA to its existing Washington and NE Oregon backbone network. PocketiNet is now unique in the state of Washington, in that it’s capable of servicing its customers with complete Internet origination diversity from two diverse regions of the country.
In the case of any natural disaster or unexpected outage to the Seattle region, which is the primary source of communications for the Northwest, PocketiNet now has the ability to service their customers from an alternative location, Los Angeles, CA for complete diversity and the highest form of network reliability.
PocketiNet's President, Todd Brandenburg said "We met as a management team about a year ago and started planning for future growth and network redundancy. At the time, we originated all of our services from a single location out of Seattle, WA over multiple fiber transport links. However, it occurred to us it was still one location. Thus, we started planning to bring up a redundant site. Our Enterprise & Business customers depend on us for having the utmost reliable Internet operations and we knew adding the redundant site would provide that reliability that is very much needed in the marketplace.”
“Now, because of our additional Los Angeles network, PocketiNet is qualified to handle the most critical of Internet services for business redundancy in E. WA." According to Steve Hoffmann, Chief Technology Officer, "In addition to the redundant feeds from Los Angeles and Seattle the network is fully capable of auto failing over to the redundant path without human intervention. Thus, it becomes self-healing in case of a fiber outage."
Todd Brandenburg goes on to state, "We're very excited to provide this increased reliability to our customers. We have taken great pride in building the most reliable network and providing customized Internet solutions to our customers… just like our slogan says: Our Network – Your Solution.”
PocketiNet Communications, Inc is a regional Internet Service Provider servicing 14 communities throughout Eastern Washington and Northeast Oregon. The company delivers business class Internet and Wide Area Network solutions to business and enterprise customers as well as a host of value-added Internet services. PocketiNet has offices in Tri-Cities and Walla Walla, WA and was founded in 2000 with the mission of bringing advanced Internet solutions to rural communities. |
