[GRLUG] Community based internet

[Bob Kline]

Interesting.  There was some chatter
two years ago or so about GR putting
up a wireless system - about 1.5Mbps
down, and 256Kbps up.  Hopelessly
out of date even out of the gate.

Verizon: "Mar 24, 2011 WSJ reports 12.6 Mbps down & 4.7 Mbps up, fastest in
industry."

The last buzz was that Google might
consider GR for a 1Gbps service.  Pretty
clearly, it has lost interest in that.

But it's nice to see other towns doing
something.......  :-(     With MI being
dead last, second to the bottom, economically,
and losing population, don't look for Comcast
or others to stumble over themselves offering
more bandwidth in GR.

    -- Bob


On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Joel Freiberg <jefrat72 at gmail.com> wrote:

> My guess would be none, unless enough complain.
>
> I see Holland MI is on the list in the ARS article, though they only
> seem to offer to business and locals like schools.
>
> http://www.hollandbpw.com/Broadband/Pages/Services.aspx
>
> > Nice to see it all spelled out. I wonder
> > to what extent this means that providers
> > will have to adapt their terminology.
> >     -- Bob
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