Oh ye of little faith, Stelle has its share of disputes, but thats what hapens when you start defining whos wife belongs to whom. And dirigibles. Last I knew they had their own Interweb access, but that was some time ago as part of their telco coop.
Its an odd town to drive through, like a subdivision full of stepford wives. But they do have a yearly sustainable living fair that I guess is pretty popular. On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > We won’t even relay off one neighbor to another anymore, due to experience > with people moving or getting into fights with the neighbor, etc. We’ll > only do it between relatives and even then you can get issues. I’m trying > to imagine doing it on the scale of this network. People there must either > be very laid back and neighborly (it is almost Canada), or they really have > no other choices for Internet. > > There’s a town Stelle in Illinois that started as a commune, they have a > cooperative telephone company, probably Internet too. But that’s a > commune. You don’t move to Stelle to have fights with your neighbors. > > > *From:* Rory Conaway <r...@triadwireless.net> > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 03, 2015 11:21 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Interesting article about a small town > creatingtheir own network > > > This works great until the volunteers start leaving. We had to take one > network over where that happened. > > > > Rory > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Eric Kuhnke > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 3, 2015 9:59 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Interesting article about a small town creating > their own network > > > > Their location is on the SE facing edge of Orcas, too close to Mt. > Constitution and blocked by trees for ptmp links. Much better ptp link view > from there to Anacortes and towers on hilltops in Skagit county. If you > were to stand on top of their water tank I bet $5 you will not see the Mt. > Constitution tower sites due to the shape of the terrain, despite 90+ meter > towers on the summit. > > Looks like they are doing very short distance ptmp in their 5x5 km square > area of orcas, as the photos of shielded ubnt sectors on trees illustrate. > > On Nov 2, 2015 10:05 AM, "Rick Harnish" <rharn...@fibertothefarm.com> > wrote: > > Interesting, I guess Stuart Baker and Richard Boucher’s Orcas Online > <http://orcasonline.com/> doesn’t reach the entire island inhabitants. > They have been WISPA members for a number of years and attend WISPAPALOOZA > regularly. I talked to Stuart this year actually. > > > > Respectfully, > > > > *Rick Harnish* > > Broadband Consultant & Industry Analyst > > 260-307-4000 cell > > Skype: rick.harnish. > > Twitter: @rharnish > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Ryan Ray > *Sent:* Monday, November 02, 2015 12:20 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Interesting article about a small town creating their > own network > > > > > http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/11/how-a-group-of-neighbors-created-their-own-internet-service/ > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
