Gigabit Fiber Internet
is Here!

We are a rural provider committed to the communities in our service area. Our company is homegrown in the Northwest, and we understand what it means to provide great technology and great customer service in areas that are overlooked by the big national companies. From our roots in Sandpoint, Idaho we now cover thousands of customers from the Canadian border to Clarkston, from Lincoln County to Rose Lake.  

This team has invested more than 20 years engineering a high-performance community broadband internet network. Residential customers love our customer service and review us more highly than any other local provider, and business customers like Knudtsen Chevrolet, Schweitzer Mountain, Spokane International Airport, and Heritage Health have all selected us for reliable, fast, and affordable services. 

Anything you do with a cable (Spectrum, TDS), or satellite provider (Dish, DirectTV, Starlink) – but as much as 10x faster, for all household devices, and for both upload and download. Video conference as if you were in the office or make smooth, satisfying family video chats. Stream sporting events from any league in the world using the streaming service of your choice. Drop gaming latency and ping times below 10 milliseconds. Work remotely or connect to the classroom without missing a download or a save. 

Traditional DSL, cable, and satellite all average less than 100 megabits per second (Mbps). Fiber connections move data at 1 gigabit (1000Mbps) both to and from your devices, which means fiber is at least 10 times faster both up AND down. And it’s unlimited so you can use as much as you want. In fact, we dare you…  

Replacing satellite internet with Intermax fiber means no contracts, data caps, buffering, or surprise fees. The performance is constant, steady, and solid for both uploads and downloads, so you can sync those high-res vacation photos and videos without prompting shouts from another room. In addition, you can choose your favorite streaming content provider(s) and pay only for content you want instead of fixed packages with channels you never watch.  

Nationwide cable Internet providers rely on older generation copper wires designed to carry simple television signals to millions of customer homes. Television providers often bundle content in limited packages with automatic price increases. Intermax fiber offers unlimited content options, fixed pricing, and astonishing speeds. More importantly, customers say they love the way a modern, local provider treats them like friends and neighbors. 

We’ll help! Our installers don’t leave until you are satisfied. We get you set up with new ways to use your new Intermax fiber to watch TV, movies, and sports over the Internet on all the devices in your house, so you can get what you want when you want. Really. 

That’s great! Existing accounts with providers like HBO Max, Peacock, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Fubo, ESPN, or Disney+ will work even better over a fiber connection. And you can always add or subtract content providers with no Internet service fees or price changes. Bring on the watch parties! 

We do! We’re headquartered in Coeur d’Alene and customers rave about our local support teams. You may have seen our fiber installation teams busy working in your neighborhood. When you call you reach people that live and work in these communities, and our service techs can come to your house to support you in person. 

Generally, it works like this: our team brings the fiber optic cable from the street to a small box on your home’s exterior. Typically, the cable is dug underground but occasionally comes through the air from a pole. We add power and convert the fiber cable to an Ethernet connection in a box inside of your home, then connect our router or you may use your own. Obviously, some sites are more challenging, but we’ll do our best to meet your needs. It’s important to note that if you live on a private road we may need permission from all parties before we can complete the installation. 

If you’ve relocated from a large city or a different state, you may have had access to fiber for a lower monthly cost. Intermax fiber serves a relatively small number of customers, but the cable is still connected right to your house. Providing this service in the country costs more than providing it in an urban location where a fiber cable can serve hundreds of customers in a single city block.  

YES. Gaming subscriptions and content like Xbox Game Pass, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation Plus, and Amazon Luna all run beautifully over fiber. In fact, a device might be able to run on fiber out to the internet faster than to another device inside your own home network!

Customers who are not within reach of a fiber cable love their Intermax fixed wireless connections. This technology sends microwave radio signals from nearby mountaintop radio towers down to an antenna on or near your house. If the mountain is in sight you can speeds up to 100MBps that are still much faster than DSL, Cable, or Satellite. Call us to inquire about a site survey.

Yes. We won’t leave the installation until you are connected and running strong. And we recommend adding an Intermax router to your subscription to include security and network management tools that let us help keep you and your family up and running safely. Learn more about the Calix router and the Intermax Insights companion mobile app here.