hi DDN community -
this is a nice tale of two people who took matters into their own hands
to bring high-speed wireless internet to their rural town in colorado.
other rural communities can be heartened by this kind of success.
- phil
Residents hook up to high speed
ZIRKEL Wireless zooms past other Internet service providers
By Alexis DeLaCruz
Sunday, January 29, 2006
OAK CREEK Five years ago, Alan Belvo and his friend Sean Haskett got
sick of waiting for their slow dial-up Internet connection and began
researching what they could do about it. To remedy their frustrations with
their outdated Internet connection, they started their own company.
Now, Belvo and Haskett are expanding the high-speed Internet business,
ZIRKEL Wireless, to reach as far as Yampa. "The idea for us is to get as
many people out here in (South Routt) hooked up with high-speed as
possible," Belvo said. ZIRKEL Wireless this month installed three new
antenna sites in the county, two of which are in South Routt.
Belvo said one of the antenna sites is on the historic Oak Creek water
tower. Another site is about 30 miles away on a hillside outside of
Phippsburg. By adding the new sites, Belvo said he has been able to
"bridge the digital divide by bringing South Routt residents and
businesses affordable high-speed Internet."
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Full story at
http://www.steamboatpilot.com/section/southroutt/story/35175
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