VisionFriendly.com and its partners utilize "Spread Spectrum" microwave technology. It was developed to be very secure and is practically impossible to intercept and decode. It is made more secure by a security technique known as "wired equivalent privacy" (WEP), which is based on the use of the popular RC4 encryption algorithm. Users without knowledge of the current key (password) will find themselves excluded from network traffic.

As an added level of security, every multi-user installation comes with a firewall box that allows only out-going connections.  By using Network Address Translation, your private network is virtually invisible to outside intruders. Data transmitted over phone lines is not typically encrypted and is therefore easier to "hijack." The specifics of network security--whether for wired or wireless LANs and WANs--can best be explained by one of our networking specialists.

VisionFriendly.com Broadband Wireless service offers a great alternative to telephone company leased or dial-up lines for subscriber access to the Internet. You can be connected in as little as a few days. There's no digging and no new hardware to purchase. We provide all the necessary hardware and software. One low fee covers installation. 

After we qualify your location for Broadband Wireless service, VisionFriendly.com and its partners provide a complete, professional installation. A small radio-link antenna (one-foot square and three inches deep) is placed on your roof or the outside wall of your building and is aimed at one of our wireless POPs. Our networking professionals will connect the Broadband Wireless service to your network via an Ethernet Bridge and optional Firewall box.

With DSL (Digital Subscriber Lines) you have to be within 3 wire miles of a Telco Central Office. Since the COs are not on every corner, many businesses are located beyond DSL's range of service. You also have to be in a building that doesn't have too many phone lines since there is a high incidence of interference or leakage.

Our wireless Points-of Presence are strategically located throughout our coverage area.  Broadband Wireless can serve subscribers who are unable to connect using DSL over existing copper wire because they are beyond the critical distance from the phone company's central office or who choose not to wait weeks or months for installation.

As with any Internet connection, wired DSL providers share bandwidth among it's customers. Wired DSL providers charge enticingly low rates for what they call "high speed access", because they share their bandwidth among up to hundreds of customers. You typically will find that your wired DSL connection slows drastically when other people are using it heavily. You get what you pay for.

With Broadband Wireless, we limit the number of subscribers on each of our Internet connections based on the number of computers at each subscriber's location.

VisionFriendly.com Broadband Wireless reaches areas not serviceable by other high-speed technologies. Our primary area is Eastern and Central Kane County. The only requirements for a Broadband Wireless connection to the Internet is that your building be "visible" to one of our many wireless Points of Presence.

VisionFriendly.com Broadband Wireless utilizes microwave radio links to deliver service to your site. While we have microwave cells strategically located up and down the Fox River Valley, microwave equipment needs to be within a clear "line of sight" (LOS) to properly communicate. A clear LOS exists when no physical objects obstruct an imaginary straight line drawn connecting the antennas on either side of the link.  Tall buildings, trees, hills and terrain all have an effect on LOS and could degrade the signal below the point a reliable connection can be maintained.

The best way to know if Broadband Wireless service is available at your location is for us to do a site survey. We will come to your place and perform a FREE Site Survey to verify "visibility" and radio reception range.

Once visibility has been verified, we will schedule installation to get you connected at high-speed.

Even if Broadband Wireless service is not available in your area today, it may be soon. Please contact us about conducting a Free site survey.

There are many factors that affect speed. Among these are current load on your LAN, our network and the Internet backbone. Other factors include the speed of the site that you are connected to and their load. Many web sites limit the speed that you can connect at, to allow for more users being connected and not have a few "high speed" connections consume all of their bandwidth.

With all of these outside factors, VisionFriendly.com can not guarantee that you will have a constant throughput. We do promise that you will get the fastest connection possible under the conditions of the moment, up to your maximum speed.