# Redzone Wireless, LLC

> Redzone Wireless is a Maine-owned internet service provider that combines fiber backhaul with fixed-wireless last-mile links to reach homes, businesses, camps, islands, and mobile users that cable and fiber often pass by. Founded by Jim McKenna, it sells monthly home, business, portable, backup, and mobile connectivity, operates across all 16 Maine counties, and has used licensed 2.5 GHz spectrum plus newer Tarana radios to push fixed wireless from modest LTE service toward hundreds of megabits per second.

- **Founded:** 2006
- **Headquarters:** Rockland, United States
- **Founders:** Jim McKenna (Founder and CEO)
- **Team size:** 18 employees reported in supplied company data; LinkedIn lists 11-50 employees
- **Products:** Home Internet, Business Internet, Portable Internet, Remote and Off-Grid Internet, Mobile Service
- **Notable:** Expanded fixed-wireless coverage to 349,000 Maine households by November 2019, according to the company., Built or upgraded coverage in 18 regional areas in 90 days during fall and winter 2020, reaching an estimated 10,000 additional households., Recorded peak end-user rates of 800 Mbps during a 60-day Tarana pilot spanning more than 50 test locations and 25 square miles in Rockland.

## Products & services

- **Home Internet** — Unlimited-data fixed-wireless plans for Maine households, with self-install or professional exterior-antenna installation depending on location.
- **Business Internet** — Primary, dedicated, failover, and backup connectivity for Maine businesses, with optional battery-backed continuity.
- **Portable Internet** — A plug-and-play plan for RVs, camps, snowbirds, and nomadic use, with optional nationwide portability.
- **Remote and Off-Grid Internet** — Wireless connectivity aimed at camps, islands, long rural roads, and other locations that wired networks may not reach economically.
- **Mobile Service** — Bring-your-own-phone plans with unlimited talk and text and tiered high-speed data, offered on one bill with internet service.
- **Tarana-powered ngFWA** — Next-generation fixed-wireless service offering location-dependent speeds up to 500 Mbps, using G1 radios linked to fiber-backed tower sites.

## Achievements

- Expanded fixed-wireless coverage to 349,000 Maine households by November 2019, according to the company.
- Built or upgraded coverage in 18 regional areas in 90 days during fall and winter 2020, reaching an estimated 10,000 additional households.
- Recorded peak end-user rates of 800 Mbps during a 60-day Tarana pilot spanning more than 50 test locations and 25 square miles in Rockland.
- Covered Litchfield in under six months with eleven Tarana base nodes across four towers, including roughly 200 previously unserved locations.
- Made 250 Mbps service available to an estimated 37,191 locations and 500 Mbps service to 15,436 locations in six market areas in 2023.
- Operates in all 16 Maine counties and says it serves customers in more than 100 towns and more than 20 island communities.
- Was named among FierceTelecom's ISP disruptors to watch in 2017.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Published a new consumer guide to estimating mobile-data needs while promoting expanded home, portable, and mobile plan options.
- **2026-01** — Marked 20 years in Maine with refreshed home plans, self-install options, mobile bundles, and introductory discounts.
- **2025-05** — Partnered with gaiia to automate customer provisioning and unify network and service workflows.
- **2024-06** — Expanded consumer education around storm preparedness, backup internet, and portable connectivity.
- **2023-04** — Joined Cradlepoint's partner program to build wireless WAN, failover, and business continuity solutions.
- **2023-03** — Expanded Tarana-powered service up to 500 Mbps in Portland, South Portland, Lewiston, Auburn, Frankfort, and neighboring communities.
- **2022-09** — Launched the Tarana G1 network in Litchfield after a public-private selection process.

## Links

- Website: https://redzonewireless.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/redzone-wireless-llc
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/redzonewireless/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redzone_wireless/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redzonewireless

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Last updated: 2026-08-22