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Review by bcdsg 
Posted: 149 days ago
member for 150 days, 1 visits, last login: 148 days ago
 Lawrence,Douglas,KS
 Business customer
 Contract price not specified.
 about 1 days
 "Excellent service support, these people really care"
 "Coverage can be spotty, check before signing up"
 "Great alternative to corporate Internet"
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Lawrence Freenet is our alternative service provider at my office. I'd have them in my home, but can't get full coverage where I live. Ironically can't get cell phone coverage either. I think that's one of the key. Don't expect coverage to be universal with them. Use due diligence and make sure you can get signal, and when necessary, rent a PepWave or similar device from them.
People complain sometimes about them because they get signal to their laptop but fail to realize that their transmitters at the lightpole are much stronger than the ones in your laptop. They'll be happy to check and test for you. They simply don't have the resources to offer 100% service everywhere
Fortunately, I get their signal direct to my building. I understand it's wireless to my building, and then it's Ethernet inside and included with my rent. I didn't have to do any setup for it. It's about similar speeds to my cable modem for downloads but uploads are about 75% the speed of download while at home it's only about 15%. Skype in particular works AWESOME on their system.
Because of bandwidth caps, I tend to do more of my heavy downloading at the office, where they have NO bandwidth caps.
On the rare occasion I had problems, Josh's friendly team helped me right away. I just call or stop by and they fix it right up. No 9am-5pm service windows the other ISPs have in town.
I think one difference with a community vs corporate provider is these guys are grass roots. They take a portion of the fees they collect from subscribers and donate service to low-income and non-profits. I volunteer at one of those non-profits and can confirm they do give that free service. Maybe I'm a bit biased because of that.
This is like the local Mom & Pop grocery store down the street, as opposed to the Mega-Mart. They might not have all the greatest stuff, but they truly care and try to make a difference. I like that. I want to do business with people that add to the community rather than take from them.
If you want the FASTEST internet in town regardless of cost, go elsewhere. If you want reliable, quality Internet at a fair price with a company that gives back, and you check to make sure you are in their service area, you can't go wrong with Freenet.
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Review by oowhistle
Posted: 161 days ago
member for 161 days, 4 visits, last login: 138 days ago
Lawrence,Douglas,KS
Business customer
$23 per month
about 1 days
"Mobile, Fast"
"Partial Coverage"
"Great value if you live in coverage."
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I recently signed up for Lawrence Freenet at my apartment complex. At our complex there is no cable internet service and so I thought I would try to connect to a neighbor's wireless signal.
I discovered Freent when I turned on my laptop and saw their SSID.
When I connected, it sent me to a portal page where I could sign up for a day of service for 2.99/day or subscribe to a monthly service for 23.98/Mo.
I tried the service for a day and it worked great so I signed up for monthly service. The service has been very reliable at my apartment.
The bonus is that I can use the service in other places in town. Their coverage at my regular coffee shop in Downtown Lawrence is pretty good and I can use it at my girlfriends apartment too.
I've noticed that some areas of town don't have much (any) coverage, but from their website it looks like they are expanding.
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