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Woe is 3G

I was recently traveling in New York City to speak at the Morgan Joseph Conference. Realizing I hadn't yet booked a hotel room, I made a pit stop at a coffee shop to refuel and search hotels.com on my 3G-enabled iPad. Generally, I love the freed…

August 2

Dominic Serra commented on Jeff Thompson's blog post 'Arthur Gives Us the 411 on Wi-Fi'

Also WiFi is a trickle down technology so anything added to the standard comes long after it has been deployed and commercially available in other technologies. Future networks will have longer lifespans and upgrade paths will become increasingly mo…

July 17

Dominic Serra commented on Jeff Thompson's blog post 'Arthur Gives Us the 411 on Wi-Fi'

Arthur, WiFi is a product that was developed for consumer LAN based applications. Technologies such as 802.16e and LTE contain advanced protocols such as OFDMA, 8x8 MIMO and other highly advanced QoS features that cannot and will not ever be implem…

July 17

Akshaye commented on Jeff Thompson's blog post 'Arthur Gives Us the 411 on Wi-Fi'

I second this........have seen one such network.....

July 13

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Arthur Gives Us the 411 on Wi-Fi

July 7

Kobe Wadsworth commented on Jeff Thompson's blog post 'Reflections on the iPhone 4'

I think carriers need to be aware that there are going to be many players in this space in a very short time, Take comcast for instance, who will be selling Clear service. That once they put themselves in that place, there will be an opritunity for…

June 16

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Reflections on the iPhone 4

June 16

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How Businesses Can Better Float in the Cloud

This week, I guest blogged for Technically Philly, Philadelphia’s online source for news, people, companies, and events that affect their growing technology community. Towerstream began providing service in Philadelphia in December 2009, and we’re e…

May 19

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Elevator Going Up

A couple of weeks ago, Towerstream hosted CNET’s Maggie Reardon on a behind-the-scenes Empire State Building tour of our rooftop technology, which generates a wireless ring in New York City’s sky. Thanks to CNET’s photography, I now invite you to jo…

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iPad Shakes Things Up

It’s been a big few weeks for tech with the launch of the game-changing Apple iPad and the debate is raging whether it will effectively kill the netbook, revitalize the publishing industry, and/or increase carpal tunnel syndrome. I couldn’t resist…

April 27

Dominic Serra commented on Jeff Thompson's blog post 'My Top 3 WiMAX News Bites of the Week'

Nice story on CNET. That really sums up our business.

April 23

Jeff Thompson commented on Jeff Thompson's blog post 'My Top 3 WiMAX News Bites of the Week'

Thanks for your thoughts here. Extremely interesting and we look forward to hearing from you again in the future. JT

April 9

Paul Sergeant commented on Jeff Thompson's blog post 'Towerstream Acquires Sparkplug Communications' Chicago and Nashville Assets'

Jeff - congrats on your expansion!

April 6

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CTIA Wireless 2010 Wrap-Up Part II: CRO Mel Yarbrough Guest Blogs

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the CTIA Wireless 2010 Conference in Las Vegas. It was an eventful few days spent attending panels and talking to others in the industry. In this business, I’ve been to my fair share of conferences, and wh…

March 31

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CTIA Wireless 2010 Conference Wrap-Up: Part 1

The CTIA Wireless 2010 conference recently wrapped up in Las Vegas and already there’s been a lot of great, substantive discussion about the themes presented, from the smartphone revolution to the debates raging about WiMAX vs. LTE. Towerstream’s C…

March 26

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Interests

4G technology, improving wireless Internet

About Me

Jeff Thompson co-founded Towerstream in December 1999 with Philip Urso. Jeff has served as a director since inception and as chief operating officer from inception until November 2005 when he became president and chief executive officer. In 1995, Jeff co-founded and was vice president of operations of EdgeNet Inc., a privately held Internet service provider (which was sold to Citadel Broadcasting Corporation in 1997 and became eFortress ("eFortress")) through 1999. He holds a B.S. from the University of Massachusetts.

Current Company

Towerstream • www.towerstream.com

Industry

Operator/Service Provider/Carrier

Company Description

Towerstream is a leading wireless service provider utilizing 4G technology to deliver advanced, high-speed Internet access to businesses.

Founded in 2000, the Company has established networks in eleven markets including New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, the San Francisco Bay Area, Miami, Seattle, Dallas-Fort Worth, Philadelphia, Nashville and the greater Providence area where the Company is based. The Company was the first carrier selected to join the WiMAX Forum to assist leading vendors in establishing industry compliance with international broadband wireless access standards and cross-vendor interoperability. Towerstream was awarded 2008 Telephony Innovation Awards for Most Innovative Broadband Wireless Service, Most Innovative Small Business Service, the Best of WiMAX World 2008 Service Provider Deployment Award for its New York City network and 2010 WiMAX Distinction.

Current Position

President, CEO and Director

Areas of Expertise

Country of Residence

United States

City

Middletown

Why are you interested in WiMAX?

Towerstream delivers high-speed, wireless Internet to businesses using 4G technology

Do you use WiMAX service?

Yes

Who is your WiMAX Service provider? (if applicable)

Towerstream

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Woe is 3G

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Posted on August 2, 2010 at 9:53am —

Arthur Gives Us the 411 on Wi-Fi

The following post has been written by our very own Arthur G. Giftakis, Vice President of Engineering and Network Operations at Towerstream. Arthur has played an extremely important role in designing and implementing our technology over the last 10 years. Arthur will be creating a series of guest blog posts exploring the idea of ‘mobile offloading’. Please feel free to let us know all thoughts, comments and feedback.

Regards,

Jeff Thompson, CEO

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Posted on July 7, 2010 at 9:40am — 3 Comments

Reflections on the iPhone 4

Everyone in the mobile space is no doubt posting their thoughts on last week’s iPhone 4 announcement. Of course, with the tremendous innovation that the new iPhone model is comes great demand on the network. As a wireless provider, Towerstream thought that two interesting things came up during the keynote. One was Apple’s Wi-Fi fluke while Jobs presented on stage, and the oth

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Posted on June 16, 2010 at 1:29pm — 1 Comment