Hi- Actually we are not in Leverett but in lower Shutesbury where there is no DSL and to my knowledge no plan to bring in anything. Kathleen On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote: > At Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:00:33 -0400 Kiernan G-S < > greenearthcomputer at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's > area. > > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > > > > To my knowledge most of Leverett now has the availability of pretty > > affordable DSL through Verizon or Crocker Communications. Is it > > still cost affordable for this neighborhood to be using this > > networking and sharing the cost of a T1 (and the troubleshooting costs > > associated)? > > Only *some* of *Southern* Leverett (and Shutsbury) have DSL. There are > two requirements: you need to be on an exchange out of Fearing St in > Amherst. The people on the Montague exhchange (eg 413-367-xxxx) can't get > DSL (all along North Leverett road and up the hills to the north). Oh, > the other requirement: pretty much *less* than 2 (wire/road) miles from > the DSLAMs (yes, the DSL spec. says 18,000 feet, but much of the copper > in Leverett and Shutsbury is in pretty bad shape and not up to spec.). > There are people who are served out of Fearing St exchanges and in fact > out of the DSLAMs, but because of wire length and (poor) line quality > cannot get DSL. Only about 1/2 of Leverett and Shutsbury can get DSL. > > > > > Or does it make more sense to help them transition to private > > dedicated DSL lines? > > If they are in the northern part of Leverett or more than 2 miles from > the DSLAM is it not possible for them to get dedicated DSL lines. > Dispite Verizon's PR, Leverett and Shutsbury are very much > 'underserved'. > > > > > ~Kiernan > > > > Head Technician - Green Earth Computers > > www.greenearthcomputers.us > > Kiernan at gmail.com > > 413-282-TECH > > > > Membership Coordinator - Worlds Apart Games > > www.worldsapartgames.org > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:24 PM, David Korpiewski <davidk at cs.umass.edu> > wrote: > > > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's > area. > > > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > In Levrett, there are a series of homes that share the internet by > > > having a single T1 line that comes in to one of the homes and a > wireless > > > transmitter shares the internet with the rest of the neighborhood. On > > > one of these houses, the wireless receiver doesn't appear to be picking > > > up on a signal anymore since the last big storm. > > > > > > I'm looking for someone who has experience in this type of setup and > > > can provide some troubleshooting/repair. If you have experience > please > > > respond to me and Kathleen (CC'ed above). This isn't a normal > wireless > > > setup, so if you only have experience with home based routers, this > > > isn't for you. > > > > > > Thank you > > > David > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > > > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > > > > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion > list. > > > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > > > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > > > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion > list. > > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > > > > > > -- > Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 > Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System > http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows > heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/ > > -- Kathleen Lugosch, AIA lugoscharchitect.com Professor, Architecture + Design University of Massachusetts, Amherst www.umass.edu/architecture/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20100616/d15e8600/attachment.html