Users can go online without tying up their telephone lines. Businesses can use broadband networks for videoconferencing, for example, and to let employees telecommute. It can tap into a fast-growing number of entertainment resources. Links can be established in even the remotest parts of the country. It also delivers TV service to about 1 million U.S. households.
MMDS service is dependable, and it can support e-mail, newsgroups and Web hosting.
Its service providers mostly target residential users, including telecommuters. That makes it a better fit for businesses with medium to heavy broadband needs. WorldCom, Sprint, WinStar, NextLink and Teligent, among others. LMDS service can slow down in a heavy rainstorm or blizzard. MMDS and LMDS service can suffer if trees, hills and other geographic features get in a signal's way.