[Hidden-tech] GAW internet

[Jeff Rutherford]

I'm skeptical of GAW. They've repeatedly overpromised in Conway and Ashfield. Maybe they've learned their lesson re: marketing, but it rubbed me the wrong way.

Don't start talking up your service the way they did initially and then keep sending repeated emails, "Well, actually, we're not there yet . . . still working on it . . . oh yeah, we're still working on it . . . sit tight."


Jeff

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On Jul 8, 2011, at 9:52 AM, Daniel Fried wrote:

>   ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>   ** If you did, we all thank you.
> 
> 
> Really?  You consider $24.95/month for 10mbps pricy?  Heck, I pay more than that for Comcast where I get about 1.5mpbs, and only slightly less for DSL at 768k.
> 
> As for your guess that they're using cellular signals, I don't think they could get that speed with cellular around here... not with doing their own cellular network buildout.  I don't think anyone is offering 20mbps cell service in the valley, are they?
> 
> As for reception, they install an antenna on the outside of your house and run a wire in to your computer/router.
> 
> I too was really annoyed with their lack of information on the website... it's pretty much all that's keeping me from signing up right now.
> 
> My actual suspicion is that they went ahead and did the radio licensing thing.  I saw the previously posted press release on whitespace licensing, but I thought that was about a future buildout, not what they had already.
> 
> -Dan
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 9:41 AM, ussailis at shaysnet.com <ussailis at shaysnet.com> wrote:
> I just looked under "How it works." Not much there. I suspect they are
> using a cell phone network. Why?
> 
> For their own network they need an FCC assigned band or need to "buy" some
> frequency band, for use restricted to this "service area" at an FCC
> auction. This costs astronomical bucks.
> 
> The last nationwide sale of frequencies brought it $19.6B to the treasury.
> Admittedly, the value of frequency space in the valley is a whale of a lot
> less.
> 
> Next they have to build out a radio infrastructure. They claim they use
> existing towers, but that's only a fraction of the infrastructure.
> 
> So much easier to use unused cell phone time slots, frequency slots,  &
> infrastructure. I suspect this is what they are doing.
> 
> The issue users might have are:
> 
> Availability (Cell frequencies and time slots can get filled),
> 
> Signal level in your favorite location (I might want to use the computer in
> the living room, not next to the microwave in the kitchen, as works at a
> friend's place in Hatfield),
> 
> Too many users in the future.
> 
> 
> On the other hand this service might be great for the valley. A bit pricey,
> tho.
> 
> How's the Mass program coming to provide high speed internet service in the
> Hill Towns?
> 
> 
> Jim Ussailis
> jim at nationalwireless.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Daniel Fried frieddan at gmail.com
> Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 09:34:14 -0400
> To: fsaronson at gmail.com, Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
> Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] GAW internet
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