[Hidden-tech] Helping others without broadband

[Jim Ussailis]

There is a satellite business that offers high speed internet. I 
ocassionally receive mail on two versions: one thet includes an uplink 
transmitter, and another that uses dial-up for uplink.

I believe there is mention of one of them in this month's Consumer Reports.

I see no reason why neighbors couldn't share something like this using 
WiFi stuff. Of course the satellite company wouldn't be overly thrilled.

Jim Ussailis

jim at nationalwireless.com



On Fri, 5 Aug 2005, Marcia Yudkin wrote:

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> Amy,
> 
> I live in Goshen, and a few months ago, we had a meeting
> with Steve Kulik, our state representative, and one of the
> questions that came up was, is there any hope of getting
> broadband out here?
> 
> His answer was, "Unfortunately, no, not in the next few
> years, at least."
> 
> It's hard to see private business *ever* bringing broadband
> to the smaller hilltowns (such as Goshen, population 920)
> without some sort of government incentive, subsidy or push
> - or without a whole lot of hidden businesses getting
> together and showing the telecom companies that they might
> get their investment back, that population numbers don't
> tell the whole story.
> 
> Anyone else ever talked to their state representative or
> senator about this issue?  
> 
> I could be imagining things, but I seem to remember hearing
> a few years back that Vermont (which has next to no cities
> at all) had some sort of state-wide initiative to make
> Internet access available throughout the state.  Out in the
> sticks, that's what's needed for broadband.
> 
> Marcia Yudkin
> Creative Marketing Solutions
> http://www.yudkin.com/marketing.htm
> 
> 
> --- A - Z International <az at a-zinternational.com> wrote:
> 
> >    ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group
> >    ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the
> > member's area.
> >    ** Remember you must be counted to post .
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I spent yesterday lunch with Aron Goldman, who heads the 
> > Shutesbury-Leverett broadband initiative, a Globe
> > reporter and several 
> > Shutesbury-area folk who are all suffering from lack of
> > broadband.
> > 
> > Although I've known about the issue and tried to help out
> > here and there, I 
> > was really horrified to learn how some of our members are
> > struggling. Aron, 
> > for example, has to drive to Amherst and park outside a
> > cafe to download 
> > files I can receive or send in seconds. Of course, not
> > having broadband or 
> > DSL, for that matter, means no VOIP. And Aron tells me
> > that some people are 
> > actually spending as much as $500 a month for private T1
> > lines, which is an 
> > exorbitant expense for a small business. While some folks
> > may be "robust" 
> > enough to afford that expense, and it is something they
> > can write off, it's 
> > still pretty extraordinary to realize that we have
> > members who are fronting 
> > about $6,000 a year for something that costs me roughly
> > $400 - $700 annually.
> > 
> > With all this in mind, I'm hoping that others can help
> > Aron promote his 
> > efforts to resolve the broadband issue in Franklin County
> > and elsewhere. He 
> > posts meetings to the list regularly and is quite
> > accessible.
> > 
> > In the meantime, I do have a wireless network in my condo
> > and plenty of 
> > work space outside of my own office space. I can
> > accommodate 10-plus people 
> > at any given time who are doing quiet work. Just reach me
> > through the 
> > Contact button on the Web site if you want to stop by and
> > do some work. I'm 
> > happy to have you if I'm home, which is often.
> > 
> > best,
> > 
> > Amy Zuckerman
> > Hidden-Tech founder, co-chair
> > 
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