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One bid submitted for county wireless service

Although about 60 wireless Internet service providers were invited to submit proposals for a wireless broadband Internet project in Washington County, only one proposal was submitted by the deadline and it would require the county to shell out millions of dollars.

Washington County information technology director Eric Skomra said two companies joined together and submitted the proposal. They are Cumberland, Md.-based Conxx Smart Technology Solutions and Diamondback Technology Solutions in Pennsylvania.

Skomra said another company, Indiana-based Omnicity, has asked for an extension of the deadline, something the county commissioners will likely consider at a meeting today.

"They are testing new technology with a frequency that would provide penetration through our trees and our topology," Skomra said. "It wouldn't have been good for them to bid something that would not provide the solution we're looking for when they're in the middle of testing a solution that would do it."

The county has secured access to 10 state-owned Multi-Agency Radio Communications System (MARCS) towers in and near the county. The towers, used by police and other agencies to communicate with portable radios, are capable of providing wireless high-speed Internet access with the addition of a few antennas.

Additionally, 17 water and other types of towers have been made available for a provider to use because only those residents who can see a MARCS tower can get Internet service from it. A provider would be responsible for placing equipment on the towers and would be charged to use the towers by the entities that own them.

It has been estimated that almost 5,000 households in the county do not have broadband Internet available to them.

Skomra said he does have some concerns about the proposal submitted by Conxx and Diamondback Technology Solutions.

"It's an opportunity for the county itself to invest and buy all the pieces and the company would put them up for us and the county would sublease or resell the service and allow wireless Internet service providers to use the pieces," he said. "While that's a nice idea, there are so many problems with that in that the county owns the infrastructure and is responsible for it and the county is not in the business of selling Internet services."

The plan submitted by the companies would also result in a financial commitment that the county was not expecting.

"The county itself, depending on the scope of the project, (would spend) $3 or $6 and $7 million, give or take, and a lot of variables go into that," said Matt Sernell, vice-president of Appalachian development for Conxx. "Standard beginning service for a (residence) can start around $39.99 or $49.99 (a month) depending on what that person wants and businesses can go up to the standard 15 megabytes of service for $349.99 (a month).

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