Rural markets have traditionally been served by Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) systems, such as Point-to-MultiPoint (PMP) radio, which has proven to be a quick and economical way to implement communications infrastructures that link these areas to the rest of the world. FWA is specifically designed to deliver quality, cost-effective services in low-density and scattered rural areas, and has been a preferred solution for rural communications. This paper examines the expectations that regulators and governments, operators, and end-users have for rural Internet access, the ability of cellular mobile systems to deliver Internet access in remote areas, and the specific technical limitations that mobile systems would have to overcome to deliver broadband Internet access.
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