News Archive

2001

March 30th, 2001
WinBeam signed a long term tower lease with Clearshot Communications on Iron's Mountain in Cumberland, MD. Clearshot recently received a no hazard determination from the FAA to construct the tower, which is approximately three miles from downtown Cumberland. Clearshot projects completion of tower construction during the second quarter of 2001. Upon completion of tower construction, WinBeam expects to build a facility at the base of the tower to house its base station equipment. The tower site will enable WinBeam to provide broadband fixed wireless services to most of Cumberland, Maryland. The Iron's Mountain tower also provides line of sight to WinBeam's applied for hub at Little Savage Mountain. This second cellsite is capable of seeing the Frostburg, Maryland valley. The filing contemplates the use of MDS-1 and 2A for upstream and the E and F channel groups for downstream.