Are you ready to catch the Wave?

Wave Broadband is in your neighborhood – or will be very soon – according to
Adam Lazara, marketing director for the company.

The high-definition digital television and high-speed Internet package is being
rolled out in The Mountain community.

"We began the installation the first of March in downtown Sandy," Lazara told
The Mountain Times. "We’re going section by section and will be ready to
provide high-speed Internet for your community in April."

The cable upgrade will follow in May.

"We will offer five speeds of Internet, and it will be lightning fast," Lazara
said. "It’s a hybrid fiber optic network, with cable run to the homes."

The coverage includes the community from Brightwood, through Welches, on
to Rhododendron including the Lolo Pass area.

Residents will be notified by mail when service is available to their location.

Internet options will range from a 256 Kbps downstream, 128 Kbps upstream
version for $14.95 a month (with cable service) to a high speed version up to
18Mbps downstream, 2Mbps upstream for $64.95 with cable. (See information
box, this page, for all options.)

Each level of service includes up to 10 e-mail addresses, any time remote
access to e-mail through Web mail, and up to 100 MB of personal Web space.

Customers will also be able to add Wireless Home Networking to their Internet
account for a reliable, secure Internet connection to all computers – including
lap tops – in their home.

"We pride ourselves on providing our customers with top-notch service and
Internet speeds they can count on," Lazara said. "There is no guesswork here.
You are getting what you pay for, and that’s a really reliable service at a great
value. And we have a history to prove it.

"We’ve increased our Internet speeds year after year, and we have never
increased our Internet prices. I think that says something about how we do
business."

Additional features of Wave Internet include: technical support 24-7; no
phone line required for service and Internet connectivity/speed not affected
by distance from office; no costly equipment to buy or maintain; online
account access and bill payment; and professional installation and set-up.

The cable upgrade, slated for May, will offer 35 high-definition channels at its
launch.

"We’ll increase the number of channels," Lazara said. "There will be more over
time. But in the beginning there will be all the broadcast stations (out of
Portland), plus ESPN, TNT, and the like, and customers will see the complete
lineup when we get out our brochures."

For residents with a high-definition television there will be a need to add a
receiver box. But the best value, according to Lazara, will be to add a high-
definition DVR.

Originally, Wave scheduled service to be available on The Mountain by
January or February, but the rollout was delayed. Now, however, installers are
on the ground in our area.

Wave Broadband is a Kirkland, Washington based cable, Internet and phone
services company with systems in Oregon, Washington and California.