Morgan County residents protest Verizon

High speed internet in Morgan COunty (4.00 / 2)

A few years ago we became "cutting edge" by installing wireless Internet in town. You can sit in Berkeley Springs State park with your laptop and read your email. Pretty cool. But in my subdivision, just 2 miles outside of town, I had to call Verizon every single day for 2 months to get them worn down enough to make it available two years ago. But there are still people in my same subdivision who can't get high speed! I've heard weekenders say they would love to spend more time here but they can't deal with the dial-up to get their work done.
The only other choices of course are cable (which isn't available county-wide either), satellite (extremely expensive -- one of my friends just said it cost her $400 to install, and then it's $80/month), or radio tower -- and you have to have a clear view of the tower to get it -- that ain't gonna happen with mountains in the way!
Wasn't there some initiative to funnel money to telecommunications companies to get West Virginia up to speed?

Beauty will save the world

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by: wvbibi @ Thu Nov 20, 2008 at 02:59:11 AM UTC

Call Senator Rockefeller. Verizon still owes him big-time over fixing their FISA problem (4.00 / 2)

And think about this- With the threat of Harry Reid and Joe Lieberman protecting our constitution (yeah right), Verizon may still need 'ol Jay to pitch for them when it comes time to explain about aiding and abetting the wiretapping of private conversations of our troops in Ira with their families back home!

That's Retroactive-Rocky with his hands outstretched as if to say "Can you hear me now?" while asking for "change" in Beckley.

photoplay by One Citizen - Charleston, WV

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by: One Citizen @ Thu Nov 20, 2008 at 15:15:20 PM UTC

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A former satellite internet user (0.00 / 0)

I have experienced HughesNet, the satellite internet provider.  I would caution everyone to stay far, far away.  The frustration you have with dial-up is nothing...NOTHING compared to using HughesNet.  Their service is extremely unreliable and pricey.  And their customer service?  Not even an act of God could make it a satisfactory experience, much less rewarding or pleasant.  They are so bad that we were on the verge of filing suit before we moved somewhere with cable internet service.

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by: PDAWV @ Thu Nov 20, 2008 at 15:53:15 PM UTC

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Ever vigilant , watch the sponors of the DNC about the municipal wireless (0.00 / 0)

Last December, House vote on illegal images sweeps in Wi-Fi, Web sites

There are two more points worth noting. First, the vote on the SAFE Act seems unusually rushed. It's not entirely clear that the House Democratic leadership really meant this legislation to slap new restrictions on hundreds of thousands of Americans and small businesses who offer public wireless connections. But they'll nevertheless have to abide by the new rules if senators go along with this idea

We will have to be vigilant at the state level also. Penn. passed a law that prohibits any other city than Philly, which already has a project, from developing one. Fla also. The party of AT&T.

"I think we do a grave injustice in trying to hobble municipalities. Why don't we encourage [municipal broadband] instead of having bills introduced [saying] - 'Oh, you can't do this because it's interfering with somebody's idea of the functioning marketplace' - but the marketplace is not functioning in those places.

Michael Capps, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission

NFTT: Support My Team or I Will Dance

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by: CA Berkeley WV @ Thu Nov 20, 2008 at 16:09:55 PM UTC

Power to the People, right on! (0.00 / 0)

It's about time someone had the insight to do something like this.  I've had OK results with Sprint wireless, it's 60 bucks a month unlimited and it picks up everywhere yu get a cell signal, almost anywhere.

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by: JBdem4usa @ Thu Nov 20, 2008 at 23:02:40 PM UTC