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Etheric Networks is based in Mountain View, California and provides high speed Internet access to the greater Bay Area. It was a founding member of the first non governmental ISM and UNII band frequency coordination group (BANC), and often appears in the top 10 fastest ISPs in the world based on user speed tests on user
DSL Reports Speed Tests.

Etheric is one of the few broadband fixed wireless service providers using license free spectrum with continually improving latency bandwidth and packet delivery.

Etheric is active in network management and monitoring software development and integration, and is also active in innovative electro mechanical base station designs. Etheric is currently developing a community VoIP service that includes the ability to analyze and modify the network to maintain CD grade audio conditions. Etheric routinely provides customers with two completely separate paths from their local site to the Internet backbone, using dual radio channels.

History

Etheric Networks Broadband Fixed Wireless Timeline
March 2003	Etheric Networks launches ISP service via its first generation broadband fixed wireless local loop WLL WLL WLL can refer to:* Wireless local loop* West London Line, a railway line in London.* With Limited Liability, referring to limited liabilitiy companies * Whole Lotta Love, song by the band Led Zeppelin... access network, via the Qwest colocation center in Sunnyvale and Black Mountain, a communication tower complex at 2,800 feet above sea level, overlooking Silicon Valley and the Peninsula.
August 2003	Network expanded to five long range (12 mile radius) base stations providing line of sight coverage to approximately 65% of Silicon Valley and Peninsula buildings. Company is cited in Silicon Valley Business Journal. Etheric enters ranks of top 10 fastest ISPs recorded by user tests on broadbandreports Broadbandreports Broadband Reports, located at the web URL www.dslreports.com , is a North American-oriented information and review site based in New York City. The site's main focus is on high speed Internet services in the United States and Canada, such as DSL, cable Internet, and fiber optics... .
2004	Etheric deploys broadband fixed wireless self contained base station at a height of 750 feet above ground level, the highest known self contained license free broadband fixed wireless base station. Etheric Networks is cited in the Gilroy Dispatch and the Santa Cruz Sentinel Santa Cruz Sentinel The Santa Cruz Sentinel is a daily newspaper published in Santa Cruz, California, covering Santa Cruz County, California, and owned by MediaNews Group Inc.... . Network extends to cover Santa Cruz Santa Cruz County, California Santa Cruz County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, on the California Central Coast. The county forms the northern coast of the Monterey Bay. . As of the 2010 U.S. Census, its population was 262,382. The county seat is Santa Cruz... , Santa Clara Santa Clara County, California Santa Clara County is a county located at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 it had a population of 1,781,642. The county seat is San Jose. The highly urbanized Santa Clara Valley within Santa Clara County is also known as Silicon Valley... and most of San Mateo San Mateo County, California San Mateo County is a county located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. It covers most of the San Francisco Peninsula just south of San Francisco, and north of Santa Clara County. San Francisco International Airport is located at the northern end of the county, and... counties, as well as pilot service in Alameda Alameda County, California Alameda County is a county in the U.S. state of California. It occupies most of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,510,271, making it the 7th most populous county in the state... and Monterey Monterey County, California Monterey County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, its northwestern section forming the southern half of Monterey Bay. The northern half of the bay is in Santa Cruz County. As of 2010, the population was 415,057. The county seat and largest city is Salinas... Counties.
Spring 2005	Etheric deploys its second generation network. The second generation has much improved error correction, higher peak data rates (up to 25 megabits per second), and greater frequency range. It also supports both smaller (10 MHz) and larger (40 MHz) channels and is based on 802.11 OFDM using a switching MAC.
December 1, 2005	Etheric Networks primary communications tower overlooking Silicon Valley Silicon Valley Silicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations... suffers massive electrical overvoltage in the most severe winter recorded in California in 100 years. Dozens of systems are destroyed, Antenna elements fuse. Even the Cisco 3550 is destroyed from the power surge. Company focus shifts to electro-mechanical survival in the most punishing conditions. All towers are overhauled, all systems upgraded — to ensure survivability. Work also substantially boosts network performance and throughput as unexpected by-product.
2006	Etheric develops automated network fault detection and self healing. Of the 10 wireless local loop startups in the Bay Area, the largest remaining ISP focused on ISM ISM --ism :* -ism – a suffix, meaning adherence or following an ideology* Isms philosophical world views-ISM :ISM is an acronym of:Idiopathic sclerosing mesenteritisImperial Service Medal*Incorporated Society of Musicians... and U-NII band high speed wireless local loop service.

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