Most people don’t give much thought to how the Internet works. Many believe data is sent from your computer directly to your wireless Internet service provider (WISP).  But that’s not how the Internet really works.

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When you send an email or view a web page your computer is sending and receiving packets of information that are routed through a series of routers and connections devices on its way to a WISP.  The WISP determines the fastest path and routes the packets to the “Internet Cloud” A traditional telephone or cable internet service provider sends and delivers packets across miles of cable and phone lines. Even over short geographic distances it is not uncommon for information packets to travel through multiple connecting points before reaching the final destination. Each device or connection point represents a potential data bottleneck and/or a potential point of failure.

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Alternative Choice Wireless takes a different approach. The Alternative Choice Wireless Network provides wireless Internet service through intelligent towers and sophisticated data centers.  Instead of relying on cables, phone lines, routers and connection devices the ACW network broadcasts internet traffic over  “intelligent towers”. Airplane passengers know that non-stop direct flights are often much quicker than connecting flights. The ACW wireless network works in a similar manner. Reducing the number of connections can vastly improve the time it takes for data to travel from point A to point B. Reducing the number of connections also reduces the number of potential points of failure from both man-made and natural disasters.