Max Wireless

What Max Wireless does

Max Wireless was a privately held rural wireless internet service provider headquartered in Troy, Ohio, that delivered fixed wireless broadband connectivity to residential customers in underserved areas of Midwestern Ohio. The company operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Davis Voice & Data and ran a single-product offering — a wireless internet service distributed directly to consumers through its website (max-wireless.com) and online customer portal, with phone-based support. Its go-to-market was purely direct-to-consumer, and its revenue model was subscription-based recurring residential internet billing with no disclosed contract terms and no publicly posted pricing.

The company's technology stack was last-mile wireless internet delivery infrastructure targeted at low-density markets where wireline broadband options were limited. Max Wireless had no disclosed proprietary AI/ML capabilities, patents, trademarks, certifications, or external funding rounds; it operated as a non-core subsidiary within Davis Voice & Data's telecom/data services portfolio. There is no disclosed management team, headcount, or financial reporting in the source data, and no enterprise or SMB customer segment was served.

On May 31, 2024, Skymesh, Inc. — a Troy, Ohio-based rural internet provider serving Ohio, Indiana, Virginia, Montana and the Flathead Indian Reservation — announced the acquisition of all wireless assets and subscribers of Max Wireless from Davis Voice & Data. Following the transaction, Max Wireless's subscriber base was absorbed into Skymesh's operations, the Max Wireless customer portal was integrated into Skymesh's environment, and Max Wireless ceased to operate as an independent entity. The acquisition was a tuck-in consolidation of a small, geographically adjacent rural WISP into a larger regional rural broadband operator.

Name

Max Wireless

Website

https://max-wireless.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Acquired

Short description

Max Wireless was a rural wireless internet service provider in Midwestern Ohio, serving residential customers as a subsidiary of Davis Voice & Data, until its wireless assets and subscribers were acquired by Skymesh, Inc. in May 2024.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Wireless Internet Services

NAICS

Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) (517112), Wired and Wireless Telecommunications (except Satellite) (5171)

SIC

Radiotelephone Communications (4812)

akta.pro primary industry

Wireless ISPs (WISPs) & Fixed Wireless Access Providers (HDAIADAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) Broadband Providers (HDAIABAE)

Keywords

• Rural internet service
• Wireless broadband
• Fixed wireless access
• Residential internet
• Midwestern Ohio connectivity

Headquarters

HQ city

Troy

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Residential Internet Service: Max Wireless provided wireless internet services to residential customers in rural underserved areas, likely on a subscription basis.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Max Wireless provided fixed wireless broadband internet service to residential customers in underserved rural areas of Midwestern Ohio. Service was sold on a recurring subscription basis with no data caps and no contract term commitments, delivered through Max Wireless's wireless network and supported via an online customer portal and phone-based technical support.

Product overview

Max Wireless was a single-product wireless internet service provider focused on rural connectivity in Midwestern Ohio. The company offered residential wireless internet services, primarily serving underserved areas, and was a subsidiary of Davis Voice & Data. As of May 2024, all wireless assets and subscribers were acquired by Skymesh, Inc.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Max Wireless Residential Internet Service Recurring residential wireless broadband internet service delivered over Max Wireless's fixed wireless network in rural Midwestern Ohio, with unlimited data, no contract term, tiered bandwidth upgradeable on demand, malware/virus filtering, and 24/7 phone-based local technical support.
• Max Wireless Customer Portal Online subscriber account management portal for Max Wireless customers, used for authentication, password reset, billing, usage monitoring and statement retrieval, accessible to existing residential internet subscribers.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Davis Voice & DataparentOthersMax Wireless was a subsidiary of Davis Voice & Data. Davis Voice & Data owned Max Wireless, which operated as a rural wireless internet service provider in Midwestern Ohio before being acquired by Skymesh in 2025.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Wisper Internet: Wisper Internet is a regional WISP serving rural and underserved communities across Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Illinois. It uses the same fixed wireless technology and direct-to-consumer residential ISP model as Max Wireless.
• Rise Broadband: Rise Broadband is one of the largest independent rural WISPs in the United States, delivering fixed wireless internet to underserved small-town and rural markets. It competes in the same niche, business model, and delivery technology as Max Wireless.
• Skymesh: Skymesh is a rural-focused WISP based in Troy, Ohio that directly acquired Max Wireless in 2024. It serves the same rural Midwestern Ohio customer base with the same fixed wireless delivery model, making it the most directly comparable operator.
• NextLink Internet: NextLink Internet (formerly NextLink Solutions) is a rural-focused fixed wireless ISP operating across multiple Midwest and South-Central states. It mirrors Max Wireless's rural residential WISP model and recently received federal RDOF/WISPs-scale funding to expand.
• Starry Group Holdings: Starry is a fixed wireless internet provider targeting residential and multi-dwelling markets using millimeter-wave and licensed-band technology. While its technology mix is more advanced, its core proposition — competing with cable broadband for residential subscribers — overlaps directly with Max Wireless's market position.

Broad incumbents

• Verizon 5G Home: Verizon 5G Home is a 5G fixed wireless access residential broadband product offered by a national incumbent carrier. It competes head-to-head with rural WISPs like Max Wireless for residential subscribers in coverage areas where Verizon's spectrum and tower footprint reaches.
• T-Mobile Home Internet: T-Mobile Home Internet uses the carrier's 5G and LTE fixed wireless access network to deliver residential broadband, including to rural and underserved households. It represents a direct competitive threat to small regional WISPs like Max Wireless in the same end market with national-scale backing.

Emerging players

• Utopia Fiber: Utopia Fiber is a community-owned open-access fiber-to-the-home network serving municipalities in Utah. While it uses fiber rather than fixed wireless, it targets the same residential broadband market and competes with rural WISPs like Max Wireless for underserved households in its footprint.
• Etheric Networks: Etheric Networks is a regional fixed wireless ISP serving the San Francisco Bay Area and surrounding rural communities. It uses similar unlicensed-band and licensed-band fixed wireless technology to serve residential customers in underserved areas, comparable to Max Wireless's technology and customer profile.

Regional players

• AeroNet Wireless: AeroNet Wireless is a Puerto Rico-based WISP providing fixed wireless broadband to residential and business customers. It shares Max Wireless's wireless ISP technology and subscription-based residential broadband model, though it operates in a different geographic market.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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