Gigabit wireless

Note: the higher bandwidth devices require a less complex modulation to achieve high speeds.

This makes the V band an appealing choice to be used as fixed wireless access for Gbit/s services to connect to homes and businesses.

The device is a fixed wireless unit attached to a window as an access point to connect to Starry core networks using a millimetre wave band communication.

[18] However, in January 2018, at the time that the company announced the expansion of its beta service to cover 3 cities: Boston, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC, the speeds were still limited to up to 200 Mbit/s.

[19] In June 2016, Google Fiber acquired Webpass to boost its effort in its experiments with wireless technologies.

[21] By early 2017, the Webpass division of Google Fiber expanded 1 Gbit/s wireless service to customers in many cities in the United States.