Friendly Network and Cloudbusrt Broadband Wireless Services

Technology	Cost	Speed	Comparisons
Dial-Up Modem	Monthly fee: About $20 May cost a 2nd phone line: about $25	Up to 56 kbps. Limited by quality of phone line.	Readily available, tried-and-true technology. Connection often drops.
Residential DSL(ADSL)	Monthly fee: About $50 Installation: approx $200 Equipment: up to $200 No 2nd phone line cost.	Up to 1200 kbps downstream, up to 500 kbps upstream. Limited by physical distance from nearest Central Office.	Not readily available in our market; DSL set -up can be complex, in many cases, separate visits from the broadband provider and your phone company will be required.
Business DSL(SDSL)	Monthly fee: $100-$400 Installation: approx. $300 Equipment: range $300-$3000	Up to 4000 kbps. Limited by physical distance from nearest Central Office. Downstream and upstream speeds are the same.	Not readily available in our market. Less expensive than business level ISDN.DSL set -up can be complex, in many cases, separate visits from the broadband provider and your phone company will be required.
Cable	Monthly fee: $40-60 Installation: up to $200 Equipment:up to $200	Up to 1500 kbps downstream, up to 500 kbps upstream. Limited by amount of cable-modem use in local area.	Not available in our market. Speed performance subject to users on line in your neighborhood.
Satellite	Monthly fee: $60-$80 Equipment: up to $750 Installation: up to $300	Up to 400 kbps downstream, 56 kbps upstream. Limited by atmospheric conditions and fair-use download restrictions.	Available almost anywhere. Not well suited to applications that require constant transmission of small data packets. No online gaming or web page hosting.
ISDN	Monthly fee: $20 -$300 Equipment: $100 and up Installation: $0 and up prices vary widely based on channel hours purchased	Up to 128 kbps for basic ISDN.	Available almost anywhere. ISDN requires the process of dialing in which can result in busy signals. Dial-up services are not dedicated and are thus not as reliable
Fractional T1 / ISDN	Monthly Fee: $300/month. Depends on bandwidth speed required.	128 Kbps to 1.544 Mbps Basic T1 speed with some of the 24 64 Kbps channels turned off	Avaliable almost anywhere. Connection often drops.
Dedicated T-I	Monthly Fee: $1,200/month approx. $300/month local loop, + approx. $1,000+ in set up costs.	A T-1 line provides a dedicated, digital circuit supporting data rates of 1.544 Mbps.	Available almost anywhere. Long term contract required. Long lead time for activation.
Wireless	Monthly Fee: $50 and up Equipment: $900 and up Installation: $0 and up	Broadband Wireless is scalable up to 1.54Mbps service. Upgrades are almost instantaneous. Requires line of sight to a transmitter.	Available in our market. Broadband Wireless utilizes FHSS technology that virtually eliminates interference issues and provides business grade security measures. No telco charges.

Friendly Computer Systems, Inc. & Friendly Network
1383 Main Street, Suite 201
Stevensville, MD 21666
(410) 643.4606 • (410) 639.7799 • fax: (410) 643.4216