Fixed broadband wireless systems provide an alternative solution for the "last mile" delivery of high-speed Internet and other data services to businesses and homes. Two-way wireless connections can be deployed more rapidly and less expensively than traditional optical fiber, coaxial cable, or wired telephone connections. Fixed broadband networks can also provide much higher data rates and capacity than the currently envisioned 3G and 4G cellular systems. Achieving these higher data rates and capacity is a result of the unique technical properties of fixed wireless systems, in particular, the use of high gain directional antennas, wide frequency bands, dynamic data rate allocation, and advanced multiple access techniques.