Rango vs High Desert Internet: two Nevada fixed wireless companies

The short answer

These are two close competitors, and the right one depends on your ZIP, your roof and the day you ask. Check both addresses, ask each what the price is after promotions, and choose on the numbers.

High Desert facts are High Desert Internet Services' own published plan cards (hdiss.net). Rango facts are from its own website as read on 2026-10-15, rango.net/internet-plans. Every speed on both sides is up to. Nothing here is a promise of availability at any address.

If you are shopping for fixed wireless in Northern Nevada, Rango is the closest like-for-like comparison, and both companies use the plan names Silver and Gold for different plans. The prices below are each company's own, read on October 15, 2026, with the page each came from.

Why does Rango show two sets of prices?

Rango's Reno Metro region page lists Copper at $55, Silver at $65 and Gold at $85 a month. Its generic Internet Plans page, and its Fallon (89406) and Washoe Valley (89704) pages, list Copper at $70, Silver at $80 and Gold at $95. All are marked with an asterisk, which Rango explains: new-customer promotions need no Rango service in the last 12 months, promotions cannot be combined, 50% off applies only to Gold and ends 3 months after installation, and the advertised price includes a $10 monthly discount for automatic ACH payments or $5 for credit card.

So the price you see depends on your area, whether you are new, and how you pay. Ask Rango for your total on your own address, and do the same with High Desert. The plan page at internet plans shows ours.

Both companies use the names Silver and Gold. Are the plans the same?

No, and the names can mislead. Rango's Silver is up to 500 Mbps down and up to 100 Mbps up; High Desert's Silver is up to 800 Mbps down and up to 200 Mbps up. Rango's Gold reaches up to 1 Gbps down and up to 200 Mbps up, close to High Desert's Gold at up to 1 Gig and up to 200 Mbps. Rango's Copper starts at up to 100 Mbps; High Desert's first plan, Bronze, starts at up to 500 Mbps. Compare speeds and prices, not names.

Where does Rango say it works?

Rango's site names these Nevada places: Battle Mountain, Carson City, Dayton, Fallon, Fernley, Gardnerville, Golconda, Goldhill, Mason, McCarran, Minden, New Washoe City, Reno, Schurz, Silver City, Silver Springs, Smith, Sparks, Wadsworth, Winnemucca and Yerington. Its home page has a ZIP and city search, and a signup for launch notices where it is not there yet. Read that as Rango's own statement of where it looks. A named town is never a promise about your street, for Rango or for High Desert.

Rango's site also says Preferred Networks in Fallon and Reno is now powered by Rango. See the Preferred Networks note. For the 2021 federal filings of both companies, see the provider filings page.

What about contracts, fees and equipment?

Rango says no contracts, a month-to-month arrangement with the freedom to upgrade or cancel, and no charge until service is installed and verified. It does not publish an installation or equipment fee; a specialist gives those after registration. High Desert's site also says no contracts, and its agreement describes a labor charge and prorated month on install day, two weeks' notice to cancel, and equipment returned. Neither company prints the install amount. Call both.

Data is another place to ask. Rango's Fallon page describes unrestricted data. High Desert's agreement sets a data transfer limit for each plan, size by email, and $1 per gigabyte over. See data and fair use.

How should I compare them at my address?

Ask each company the same four questions: what is the monthly price after promotions, what is the install charge, what does it say about data, and when could a technician visit. Then send your address to High Desert through the address check. A person looks at the path from the nearest tower and calls you back, and you can make the same call to Rango.

What does the FCC's December 2025 data show for Rango in the six counties?

In the FCC Broadband Data Collection data as of December 31, 2025 (National Broadband Map files read October 16, 2026), no row under the name Rango appears for Washoe, Lyon, Storey, Churchill, Douglas or Carson City. Providers file under their own legal or parent names, so a missing brand name proves nothing about a street; Rango's own site and phone line are the place to ask.

A listed Rango location is the company's claim that it could connect that building within ten business days, not a subscriber, and the FCC takes challenges where a filing is wrong. The 2021 Form 477 figures on this site counted census blocks, a different unit, so no Rango count from 2021 can be subtracted from these. High Desert does not appear by name in the files that list Rango, and its own answer for an address comes from a person checking the path to a tower.