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The industry moves fast, and great ideas one day can become antiquated 5 years later. That's why it's so important to stay on top of technology and trends - which we do here at Intermax.

Spokane may drop free wireless Internet service - For the past six years people have referred to it as Spokane’s HotZone. Within a year or so, it could be the Spokane HotZone Museum. City and business leaders started the free wireless Wi-Fi area in 2004, eventually creating a 100-square-block area across downtown Spokane.
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Despite Ruling, F.C.C. Says It Will Move Forward on Expanding Broadband

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission told a Congressional panel on Wednesday that a recent court ruling that the agency lacked authority to regulate the Internet should not prevent it from carrying out its plan to broadly expand the country’s high-speed Internet service.
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US Broadband Issues - A conversation with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski | CNET Conversations - CNET News
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DOMAIN HOSTING NEWS: Intermax has upgraded our domain hosting capabilities, offering our customers the ability to self-direct and manage their own domains and email accounts. Contact us for more information!

Intermax Featured in Idaho Business Review!

Feb. 16, 2010 - "Focus on Business" Section
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Come visit us at the Intermax booth at the Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours tonight - 5-8 pm at the Coeur d'Alene Resort!

You'll have a chance to win a free iPod!

Intermax Featured in the North Idaho Business Journal!
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Intermax Client Kootenai Health Wins Technical Designation

From the Idaho Business Review, linked here: Three Idaho hospitals, along with 18 Washington hospitals, are wired, according to a national health services network magazine.
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"Bringing Broadband to Rural America"

This report, released recently by the Federal Communications Commission, is a great read for those interested in this compelling problem of access to the Internet in rural parts of America.

Here at home, Intermax is well ahead of the curve, having built the largest private microwave network in North Idaho and serving 1,200 businesses and residences in Kootenai and Bonner Counties alone.
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Cutting the Cable as the Economy Pinches

From a New York Times Online Story today, linked below: "Like the millions of Americans who are ditching their landlines and relying solely on cellphones, these cable cutters are using new technology to redefine what is necessary and what is accessory, watching television when they want as opposed to when it is broadcast, and saving a few dollars.

"'So many of my friends treated cable as a utility, that it wasn't a home until it was set up,' said Nick Jackson, 24, who lives on the Lower East Side and works in publishing. 'I basically chose Internet over the cable.'"
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Intermax Networks Details Idaho Rural Educational Broadband Success Story

"Even schools in the farthest reaches of the Lake Pend Oreille School District – geographically one of the largest school districts in Idaho – have blazing fast Internet access.

"Intermax Networks has brought big-time bandwidth to the district with the help of E-Rate, a federal program providing discounted Internet access and technology for rural school districts with a high rate of poverty."
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Intermax Sponsors Invent Idaho Competition

Story copyright and courtesy link toCdAPress.com
"COEUR d'ALENE -- The Silver Lake Mall was once again the scene of strange science as North Idaho students in grades 1-8 demonstrated their inventive minds in the 20th year of Invent Idaho.

About 100 kids, some partnering, showed 92 examples of their ideas for new or improved products.

"Some are really high quality," said Beth Brubaker, a Lakeland gifted and talented teacher and co-founder of Invent Idaho. "That was especially so in the area of research, to see if it had already been invented."
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Hayden Lake Gets Expanded High-Speed Internet Access From Intermax

COEUR D'ALENE - Intermax Networks today announced a new expansion of high-speed internet service to the residential areas on and around Hayden Lake. Hayden Lake has historically been underserved for broadband, high-speed internet due to geography and the high cost of building infrastructure to support a relatively smaller number of residents.
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Intermax Launches New Web Site!

Welcome to IntermaxNetworks.com - complete with a face lift and better customer communications tools. Browse around, check your email (if you're an Intermax customer), give us feedback, and return frequently for updates!

Intermax Networks Partners with Kootenai
Health To Manage Medical Data Network

Partnership means more durable data network for physicians and health service providers

COEUR D'ALENE Kootenai Health and Intermax Networks today announced that the hospital has selected Intermax to maintain and enhance their wide area network that connects doctors and medical professionals to the hospital and the internet. This service of Kootenai Health allows doctors secure access to patient records and images and very fast internet connections from their offices or homes.
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