A wireless service area is roughly a 100 foot radius of the bridge. If larger service areas are required, then more bridges are installed. Wireless cards will automatically connect to the bridge which gives it the strongest signal and has the least contention. The equipment currently on contract for wireless networks is the Cisco Aironet product which operates at the 802.11 standard. The stations will operate at a maximum of 11Mb in close proximity to the bridge.
Speed drops with signal quality the further away from a bridge the machine is moved.
Cards for Macintosh computers that use the 802.11 standard are available, but the exact card has not yet been selected for support. Wireless connections are billed similar to wired connections, but with a few notable differences. We bill by the user's wireless card per wireless bridge, not the wired jack. There is a one time installation fee for a wireless bridge, but no installation fees for the user's wireless card. The minimum monthly charge is for 6 cards.