Editing Telecommunications in Uruguay (section)

===Fixed wireless===
Most of Uruguay's landmass is too far away from cities to have wired Internet access. For customers in these rural and low density suburban areas, [[Wireless Internet service provider|fixed wireless ISPs]] provide a service. Wireless Internet service has also provided city Internet users with some degree of choice in a country where private companies have not been allowed to offer wired alternatives (e.g. cable TV Internet, fiber to the home) to the state-operated ADSL service.{{citation needed |date=January 2014}}

[[Dedicado]] is a local wireless ISP. It appeared before or about at the same time as Anteldata (about in 1999), but since ADSL was not available at the same time on every neighborhood, Dedicado had the majority of the permanent Internet connections.
As of November 2007, ADSL is available in every neighborhood in Montevideo, and in most other cities, and Dedicado lost a big market share, both because being more expensive and giving bad service to their users. They started a big advertising campaign, but didn't pay attention to the technical details related to their number of users, so their quality of service decreased.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} As of 2012, their quality of service issues appear to be on the mend, but their pricing issues continue especially in the rural market where they have no credible competition and have steadily increased prices. Dedicado originally operated Ericsson fixed wireless equipment and later transitioned to Motorola Canopy and Cambium technology. In 2005, they started deploying [[WiMAX]] services. However, as of May 2010, the service is not offered nor advertised yet. There are other wireless ISPs, but Dedicado is the main one.{{citation needed |date=January 2014}}

[[Telmex]] is another entrant in the Uruguayan fixed wireless space.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} As of early 2012, they were still a tentative player however, with limited coverage of the country and some technical shortcomings (e.g. no Skype connectivity). {{citation needed |date=January 2014}}

In February 2012, Antel announced a push to provide fixed wireless Internet service to rural customers using their 3G cellular network.<ref>[http://www.elpais.com.uy/120210/pecono-623761/economia/Invertiran-US-16-en-cambiar-Ruralcel/ Antel Rural Internet Announcement] {{in lang|es}}</ref> As of November 2012, the service was being actively offered to customers of the company's Ruralcel fixed wireless telephone service. Customers who sign up get the equipment (a ZTE MF612/MF32 or Huawei B660 3G router) and monthly Internet service for free. While the network and router are capable of supporting multi-Mbit/s service, the free offering is throttled back to 256&nbsp;kb down/64&nbsp;kb upload speeds and capped at 1&nbsp;Gbyte of monthly data transfer (except for a small number of customers grandfathered from a previous service). Once that data limit is reached, the customer has to recharge the service using a prepaid card at a rate of approximately US$10/Gbyte. There is an alternative monthly billing plan that offers 2&nbsp;Mbit/s down and 512&nbsp;Mbit/s up with a 5&nbsp;Gbyte data cap for US$15, plus US$10 for each additional Gbyte (up to 5&nbsp;Gbyte). There is no unlimited data plan, which limits this technology's ability to compete in the non-residential fixed wireless space against vendors like Dedicado.{{citation needed |date=January 2014}}