NEW ALLIANCE
FIXED WIRELESS BROADBAND INTERNET

BRINGING SERVICE WHERE IT’S NEEDED

During the Covid crisis, the State of VT approached two veterans of the broadband industry, New England Wireless Co. (NEWCo) and Cloud Alliance, (each with more than 20 years experience providing high quality Fixed Wireless Service to the NEK ) about bringing high speed broadband Internet service to the wider Burke - Lyndon area.

In response, they partnered to form New Alliance, llc. With partial funding from the State, and in cooperation with VELCo, New Alliance constructed its network and was providing service within only 4 Months!

Today we provide service from towers in Burke and Lyndon, and from other relay sites. Our networks are strategically located and can reach thousands of locations in the region using quality, cellular grade LTE equipment.

Because we are operating in a quiet, managed portion of the spectrum (“licensed-lite” CBRS under strict FCC rules), our systems can:

achieve superior performance levels compared to other using unlicensed, 5 GHz wifi based systems,
better penetrate wooded areas by operating at longer wavelength, lower frequencies
reach isolated locations in the process.
provide superior up-times

We are committed to this area. We continue to upgrade our networks on a regular basis, and to look for ways to better serve our customers!

About Fixed Wireless

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OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM Professional, Experienced, Caring

Luc Beaubien

Mr. Beaubien has over 20 yrs experience providing Fixed Wireless Internet services to VT, NH & western MA customers. He is the Managing Partner and co-founder of NEW Alliance.

After 20 years working in Boston in venture capital, financial consulting and telecom, he moved to NH in 2003.

Discovering that his new rural home was in an “Internet Desert,” he put his finance and telecommunications background to good use, and co-founded Finowen, to provide Fixed Wireless service to the Upper Valley region. Subsequently he co-founded NEWCo to provide service to parts of VT, NH, and Western MA. Most recently he co-founded New Alliance, llc. With many responsibilities, it is the hands on work - developing relationships with our customers and operating partners - that he enjoys the most.
Education: Sloan School (MIT) McGill - Elect. Eng. More background: linked in

Bob Jordan

A graduate of Lehigh University, Mr. Jordan had a successful career as an electrical engineer. In 2003, he became involved with LastMileNet's community Internet project in Londonderry, VT, which became the foundation for NEWCo's current Tri-Mountain operations. Bob co-founded NEWCo with Luc, and his technical expertise makes him the “go to” person to ensure our network performance.

Michael Birnbaum

A partner and co-founder of New Alliance, Mr. Birnbaum is dedicated to bringing fast connectivity to the State of Vermont.

20 years ago he co-founded Cloud Alliance, which serves 12 Central VT communities using advanced Fixed Wireless technologies. He went on to found Kingdom Fiber, the first fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) provider in the Northeast Kingdom. KF now serves 36 central and northern Vermont towns using gigabit broadband.

Known for his prior broadband experience, Michael was approached during the COVID pandemic about possibly providing service in the Lyndon/Burke area. Because of his other responsibilities, Michael solicited Luc of NEWCo to lead the New Alliance joint venture. While not involved in day-to-day operations, his expertise with broadband technologies contributed to the high quality of our network infrastructure.

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