Rainbow Broadband

Rainbow Broadband is a New York City-based carrier class fixed wireless network that provides broadband connectivity to more than 300 buildings in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Long Island City.
History
In 2004, Russ Hamm, a music industry veteran, noticed a connectivity problem in New York City media and came up with the idea of bringing fast, affordable Internet access to small businesses. and the first building Rainbow wired was 524 Broadway in Manhattan, following a request from a DVD studio in the building for a connection.<ref name="Commercial Observer"/>
In August 2015, the company added its 14th fiber hub that provides high-speed internet to buildings and businesses across New York City through a point-to-point fiber and microwave network.<ref name="Capital NY"/>
Service
Rainbow Broadband’s service uses microwave technology. Microwave offers an option for buildings that have experienced difficulty finding a telecommunications company to provide them with commercial-grade service using standard connectivity methods such as cables in the ground, DSL, copper or fiber optics.<ref name="Commercial Observer"/> Rainbow’s broadband network can deliver symmetrical bandwidth at speeds of up to 10 gigabytes per second.<ref name="Capital NY"/>
Rainbow Broadband provides service to companies including BuzzFeed, Samsung, Adobe, Twitter,<ref name="Capital NY"/> Vice, Kickstarter, and Guardian,<ref name="Commercial Observer"/> and has also provided service to events for Google, Microsoft, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, and others.<ref name="Capital NY"/>
The company also offers VoIP by microwave and provides managed services, such as overseeing the IT setup and administration.<ref name="Commercial Observer"/>

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