This simple difference in the economics of deployment enables WISPs to survive and prosper without government subsidies while landline operators are dependent on USF to maintain their wireline plants.
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Silver Linings on Dark Clouds
Sep 23, ’11
9:10 PM
It has been a difficult day today. Wednesday, an 8 year old girl that went to school at my son’s elementary school in Mitchell, Nebraska was reported missing. This morning, her body was found on a ranch in the neighboring county and her stepfather was charged with first degree murder and child molestation. Children go [...]
Spotlight on Idaho
Sep 19, ’11
8:28 PM
Idaho recently got a lot of attention after the New York Times published an article about how it has the slowest broadband speeds in the country. I am sympathetic to the frustration of people who live in places where they do not have access to better broadband and are stuck with slow, overpriced satellite or [...]
The Dangerous Obsession With Ultrabroadband and Clouds
Sep 14, ’11
10:28 PM
A discussion on one of my wireless ISP mailling lists caught my attention and I thought it was worth sharing. — On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: So the government has to foster development of killer apps that need >100 Mbps Internet? http://www.nsf.gov/cise/usignite/ —The response from my good friend John [...]
10K Customers, The Old Fashioned Way!
Sep 7, ’11
11:42 PM
Today I received a press release from Travis Johnson at Microserv, based in Idaho. It is short enough that I will post it in its entirety: – Microserv, Inc. announced today that the company has reached a subscriber milestone by surpassing 10,000 active internet subscribers. This number of subscribers is an exciting number for privately [...]