In places where DSL and cable modems are not available, your next stop is a wireless ISP. A wireless ISP (known as a WISP) sets an antenna on a tower and broadcasts an Internet signal to everyone within sight - sometimes as far as 35 miles. Subscribers rig an antenna on their roof pointed at the WISP antenna, plug in a special 'modem' and end up with a fast reliable internet connection. Simple!

The technology behind a fixed wireless broadband provider is fairly simple. The frequencies used however are sometimes prone to weather. Lightning, storms can impact the reliability of the connection. In the early days heavy rain also disrupted connections but fewer and fewer people are complaining about such things 

The speed of your wireless connection is completely dependent on your service provider and their connection to an Internet backbone. Throughputs can be as high as 1.5Mbps or as low as 128Mbps depending on the service level your provider offers. Ping times to your provider should be VERY low - around 5-6MS. Your actual lag time or ping time will depend on the service providers connection

Sharing your internet connection depends on the type of modem you received. USB modems have no choice other than a software based solution . Modems with Ethernet may choose a broadband router - no special consideration is required for the broadband type.

  Sharing with Microsoft ICS

  Sharing with a Broadband router

  Sharing with a Linux router

  Other Connection sharing software

 If your Internet IP address starts with 192.168. or 10. then you do not have a real internet IP Address - you have been assigned a private IP address. This is not uncommon for new broadband providers. Read this document to understand what you can and can not do.