Funny. I'm trying to remember when I went to what I think was a
WISPCON conference back around that time in San Jose.
I had just learned about the last mile problem, and I had been the designee from our neighborhood group to figure out how we were going to get high speed internet to our little region. It's a tough place to serve because there are only about 1,000 households and we cover an approximate 500 square mile area in the mountains.
I met someone from Cascade Networks. I don't remember now if it was Brian or Jason. It might have been both. At any rate, they made a convincing argument for some kind of Canopy-based network based on my description of where we needed to provide service.
I went home and told my wife "I think we can do this.". A few
months later we were on our way.
The original goal was to provide service to a few dozen of our
closest neighbors, and get an almost no cost internet for
ourselves. That turned into selling heroin to an addicted
clientele (metaphorically speaking).
bp
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