On August 10 and 11, 2022 Bayfield Wireless raised two new communications towers into the sky to provide a platform for our continued High Speed Internet Service broadband expansion to serve the area including additional coverage within Red Cliff Tribal Lands, the Town of Russell, the Town of Bayfield, the Town of Bayview and the…
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TGIF !
It has been a good week! Three of our Tower Climbing Team members were hard at work today and finished getting our Maple Hill tower online in the town of Washburn. We can now begin contacting residents in some parts of the towns of Washburn, Bayview, and Barksdale, that will be served from this tower,…
Bayfield Wireless broadband expansion in the Towns of Barksdale, Bayview, and Washburn
Bayfield Wireless received the phenomenal news today that it has been selected to receive funding for its proposed 2021 Wisconsin PSC Broadband Expansion Grant project in the towns of Barksdale, Bayview, and Washburn in Bayfield County. Over the next two years, Bayfield Wireless will continue to expand it’s network to make High-Speed Internet Service of…
Close the Digital Divide – Rural Broadband Legislation
President Biden will soon roll out an infrastructure proposal to not only rebuild the nation’s roads and bridges, but also ensure that more onramps to the information highway, or broadband networks, exist for those living in rural communities across the country. For this proposal to be successful all types of technologies and networks need to…
Experts: Closing the Digital Divide Will Take More than Satellites
A number of people have asked how Bayfield Wireless broadband Internet service compares to the upcoming Starlink satellite broadband service. This link gives some expert perspective on the topic. https://www.govtech.com/network/Experts-Closing-the-Digital-Divide-Will-Take-More-than-Satellites.html Bayfield Wireless uses terrestrial fixed wireless technology that does not rely on satellites. This enables a predictable service that is not impacted by weather conditions…
Happy Mothers Day – Bayfield Wireless Fire Hill Tower
If you look close, you may notice more equipment at the top of Fire Hill Tower in Bayfield, Wisconsin. On Friday we finished lighting up our new tower equipment to provide high speed Internet on the eastern side of the Town of Bayfield, parts of the Town of Russell, and parts of the Red Cliff…
Internet Speed Test to Star Route Tower
Bayfield Wireless has started provisioning high speed Internet service to trial customers along Happy Hollow Road and Star Route Road on the Western side of the Town of Bayfield, Wisconsin. Wireless link speeds to the new Star Route Tower have ranged from of 200 to 800 Mbps during testing with equipment installed at customer locations….
Bayfield Wireless Begins Testing
Bayfield Wireless has completed the initial installation of equipment at the top of the Star Route Tower and has started network validation testing. The complete end-to-end service from equipment installed at a customer location through the new Bayfield Wireless network and to end destinations worldwide on the Internet is included in the testing. Initial testing…
Star Route Tower in the Sky
One of our many Bayfield Wireless supporters, Town of Bayfield Chairman Tom J. Gordon, visited the Star Route Tower construction site to witness the raising of the new structure into the sky. After months of ground preparation, tower assembly, network engineering, electrical work, and safety preparation, the tower was lifted into the sky in three…
Star Route Tower Construction
We have been hard at work completing the underground concrete foundations and anchors, electrical services, halo ground system, and fiber optic network service at the new Star Route Tower so we can continue construction in January and February and raise the tower this winter.