1. Internet Technologies For Rural Areas Presented By: Dan Barker Internet Manger - Kingdom Telephone Co

2. Many of you are served by small independent telephone companies. Your Current Situation... Many of these companies are ahead of the large companies in terms of technology deployment.

4. In many areas FREE Internet is offered. Dial-up, DSL, etc and are paid for by advertising. This model seems to be failing… Something For Nothing...

5. No matter how you are served you will see traditional voice services merge with Internet to provide lower cost consumer solutions. Emerging Technologies...

6. A large percentage of the population still connect using dial-up modems. Low connect speeds are not uncommon because many reasons - some not related to being rural or physical location. Traditional Solutions...

7. Common Modem Problems Telco infrastructure Copper/Fiber, D/A Conversions Decaying Facilities Cheap Modems Drivers Tweaks & Settings

8. Modem Solutions GR303 New Drivers Tweak Settings Dual Modem Configurations Hardware Based Modems Contact your provider for answers. More Info @ www.v90.com

9. Leveraging The Copper… xDSL Most Common Form - ADSL Other Technologies IDSL, SDSL, HDSL, RADSL Speeds up to 200 times faster than traditional modems.

10. Leveraging The Copper… xDSL Covers 3 Miles From Central Office or DLC Cabinet Possible to serve a large portion of the serving areas - depending on the technology used Voice and Data on Same Pair of Wires

11. DLINK DSL Modem Typical Customer Gear

13. Installation Charges range from FREE to $100 Equipment Costs - FREE - $250 Monthly Pricing - $39-59 per month More Info @ www.xdsl.com Leveraging The Copper… xDSL

14. DSL Services Some of the larger companies have deployed high speed services but are not able to serve those customers beyond 3 miles from the Central Office. This will change over the next few years.

15. With a combination of advanced technology, antenna diversity, digital signal processing, and frequency hopping assures secure, reliable wireless connectivity. The wireless technology many use is a Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) technology at 2.4 GHz. No license is required for the operation of the radio links. Wireless Data Services

16. Typical Customer Gear

17. Current Offerings Prices range from $39 - $99 per month Equipment Costs - $400-1500 (may be included) Pricing does not include network security, additional mounting requirements, additional cabling, and proxy server setup.

18. Wireless is Line Of Sight...

19. Terrain can present some unusual issues...

20. 2-Way Satellite Coming Soon! Reach customers everywhere, If they can see sky - they can get it in North America Download speeds up to 500 kbps and upload speeds up to 150 kbps. And, your speed can burst even higher depending on when you are online Pricing Ranging From $59-99 Overcoming The Line of Site...

21. Beam it up Scotty...

22. What’s Next?

23. Fiber To the Home Fiber is superior to DSL and HFC solutions because its bandwidth is virtually limitless. Traditional copper and coaxial cable can only be leveraged so far.

24. Protecting Your Assets Personal Firewalls Virus Protection System Configurations Backups Safe Practices

25. How To Pick a Provider Connection Speed Options Provider with enough resources to handle the traffic State of the art technical support center Friendly customer service staff willing to help you Products and services need by today’s customer