Freewire is Fixed Wireless…..NOT WiFi.
Because of the increasingly poor reputation of wifi, security in the Fixed Wireless industry is often grouped with WiFi and is greatly misunderstood. Telecom experts themselves, as a whole, do not have a clear understanding of Fixed-Wireless (which is quite confusing as RF is older than the networks they’re currently bending your needs around), and will mislead their customers and prospects about Fixed Wireless and the “ever important” topic of SECURITY.
Fixed Wireless is entirely secure and Freewire Broadband Engineers have gone to extremes to protect the integrity of our customer’s circuits and their data.
Security and customer privacy discussed…
The Freewire RF communication protocol uses a proprietary format that can’t be “sniffed” like a WiFi access-point can. Even if someone goes out and purchases one of the radios Freewire uses to access the RF link, they will still not be able to access your data due to the 128 bit AES-based CCMP encryption algorithm. This algorithm securely encrypts the data as it passes over the wireless link.
The Freewire Next-Gen wireless system is engineered with several additional layers of security.
The first layer is physical security. Freewire’s towers and datacenters use “state-of-the-art” electronic access control methods to keep intruders out. Some components of Freewire’s network equipment are mounted hundreds of feet in the air on secure towers and would be extremely hard to access.
The second layer of security is the network design. Freewire’s Metro Ethernet network uses VLAN segregation for its traffic. Even if someone was able to access one of our cables, fibers, or wireless links, they would still have an extremely hard time seeing any traffic due to the VLAN segregation.
The third layer of security is authorization and authentication. Specific to the custom and proprietary wireless aspects of our network, Freewire’s wireless links utilize encapsulation methodologies unique to the brand and model of equipment used; this ensures no one can “sniff” data or connect with an unauthorized device. Even if someone purchased the same equipment they would still not be able to receive data without having successfully completed multiple steps of authentication into the network.
The fourth layer of security is access control to the network devices. Freewire utilizes industry standard intrusion detection methods to ensure no systems are compromised.
Again, even if someone goes out and purchases one of the radios Freewire uses to access the RF link, they will still not be able to access your data due to the 128 bit AES-based CCMP encryption algorithm. This algorithm securely encrypts the data as it passes over the wireless link.
We have an amazing record of never having anyone access any of our systems without our authorization. Freewire engineers constantly strive to protect the security of our network and the integrity of our customer’s privacy.