Over the last year satellite and cellular Internet service providers have rolled out newer, much better services. Although some of us subscribe to these services, I am still trying as hard as ever to bring cable, DSL or fixed wireless Internet to our neighborhood. Why bother, though? Why not settle for the newer satellite and cellular services? Because of availability, cost, and value. Read More »
Author Archives: Chris Leonello
In June, I met with the WUOM Chief Engineer, WUOM Transmitter Engineer and representatives from Air Advantage, a wireless internet provider. We discussed using the WUOM tower on Peach Mountain to broadcast wireless internet into our area. Read More »
Nothing but good news since the last update. I’ve talked with the Chief Media Engineer at WUOM about using the Peach Mountain tower for wireless broadband internet. They are very open to the idea and willing to work with us. Many thanks to our neighbor, Aaron Ridley, for getting me in contact with the people at Peach Mountain.
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Progress has been slow, but there is some good news. Gaining access to the U of M tower on Peach Mountain for a wireless system may be possible and Charter cable will be doing another survey of our neighborhood.
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We had a one hour meeting with James Nowlan from 123Net on November 10. About 20 people showed up, which I thought was good turn out considering the meeting was organized in a hurry and I had time only to send out about 50 or so email notices.
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Summer has come and almost gone, but broadband is not forgotten! Our next step is to get a neighborhood meeting together with representatives from 123Net (www.123.net). They are the fixed wireless provider that could possibly give cable like internet speeds.
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123Net met internally about a week ago to discuss expansion of their residential network and our area was “on the short list to get approved”. They have some work to do first before we can get “approved”, though.
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Hello everyone,
Charter has surveyed the area of Scully, Walsh, Valentine, Stoneview, Black Pine, Gleason and Timberlane roads. They have not yet looked at the areas on Territorial, Blue Heron, Donovan or other non-adjacent roads. I would guess that brining service to other neighborhoods in the area would average out to about the same costs if we were to proceed all at once.
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I’ve made some headway with a local fixed wireless internet provider, 123Net (http://www.123.net). This is not the same type of wireless service as cellular wireless (Verizon/AT&T/Sprint) or satellite. Read More »
I made it to Grand Traverse Pie Company last Friday to remind State Representative Mark Ouimet about our effort to bring in broadband to the neighborhood. Read More »