| Connection Nation is paying me a personal visit. Seriously.
On March 9th a senior technician from Connection Nation will paying me a visit, signal equipment in tow. He works and lives in Colorado but *offered* to take a look at the local situation.
There's a long story behind the personal visit. I've been on the phone with every possible provider in the book (Frontier, AT&T, VZW, Clear) as well as smaller, local WISP's (Great Lakes Wireless, FreedomNet), trying to encourage them to expand. This has been an ongoing personal project for at least a year after having painful encounters with satellite internet, low bandwith caps and terrible download speeds from VZW. My township supervisor and the board members have been "begging" (their word) ISP's to bring in service without any luck.
After I got a bit snarky on Frontier's Facebook page and sent a few emails to CN, things started to change. My state, Michigan, put it's beta map on line a few days ago and -- surprise, surprise -- showed Frontier DSL as being available when I knew darn well it wasn't, and there were no plans to bring it through. Just to be sure I called to confirm it *before* getting on ConnectMI's case.
I don't know what will happen as a result of this personal visit. It's a start, and I'm more than willing to work with anyone at the corporate and/or governmental levels if it can bring a real ISP to my area.
If you find coverage errors, report them! I should add that CN is having a live webinar to take questions at 2PM EST TODAY:
»www2.gotomeeting.com/register/188983419 |
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| said by ShellMMG:Seriously.
On March 9th a senior technician from Connection Nation will paying me a visit, signal equipment in tow. He works and lives in Colorado but *offered* to take a look at the local situation.
There's a long story behind the personal visit. I've been on the phone with every possible provider in the book (Frontier, AT&T, VZW, Clear) as well as smaller, local WISP's (Great Lakes Wireless, FreedomNet), trying to encourage them to expand. This has been an ongoing personal project for at least a year after having painful encounters with satellite internet, low bandwith caps and terrible download speeds from VZW. My township supervisor and the board members have been "begging" (their word) ISP's to bring in service without any luck.
After I got a bit snarky on Frontier's Facebook page and sent a few emails to CN, things started to change. My state, Michigan, put it's beta map on line a few days ago and -- surprise, surprise -- showed Frontier DSL as being available when I knew darn well it wasn't, and there were no plans to bring it through. Just to be sure I called to confirm it *before* getting on ConnectMI's case.
I don't know what will happen as a result of this personal visit. It's a start, and I'm more than willing to work with anyone at the corporate and/or governmental levels if it can bring a real ISP to my area.
If you find coverage errors, report them! I should add that CN is having a live webinar to take questions at 2PM EST TODAY:
»www2.gotomeeting.com/register/188983419
Yea that connectmi site is completly inacurrate. Where i live, it shows that i have both dsl and cable availability but i can't get neither. Frontier is just now starting to get dsl out near places where i live so i am hopeful that i will be able to get some type of broadband connection in the near future |
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 rawgerzThe hell was that?Premium
join:2004-10-03
Grove City, PA | reply to ShellMMG
Better start saving up for a t1 |
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA | reply to ShellMMG
said by ShellMMG:On March 9th a senior technician from Connection Nation will paying me a visit, signal equipment in tow. He works and lives in Colorado but *offered* to take a look at the local situation.
Are you sure he's not coming to shoot you? |
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| I'm in prime hunting territory in Michigan. I guarantee I'll have more guns on the property than he does! 
Seriously, he sounds like a nice fellow. He grew up in MI and used to live here, so he's familiar with the challenges we face in the broadband department. |
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