On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 21:06, Aaron Bockover wrote: > Okay, so Raleigh just isn't full of open WiFi hot-spots, and it'd really > be nice to have wireless broadband. Is anyone subscribed to such a > service? Does one really even exist yet in this area? > > I tried signing up for the free Nextel Wireless Broadband trial last > year, but didn't get accepted. It's been a year, the trial is over, and > it doesn't look like they've rolled the service out publicly. > > Verizon has wireless broadband, but Raleigh isn't one of its supported > cities. > > Are we just that insignificant? I would really hate to have to start > using my cellphone for dial-up... that's just asinine! > > Best, > Aaron > There are a couple of folks *trying* to do wireless in Raleigh. Unfortunately Bell owns all the reserved spectrum here and has just been sitting on it. The few companies doing the Public spectrum are stuck because no one will fund them with the specter of Bell looming over them (and doing nothing)...
That's why places like Johnson County have Wireless DSL and Raleigh doesn't. It will get here though. My company is currently partnering (or about to partner) with a big provider that is East of here. If that is successful then we will be bringing them into Fuquay and Apex as an alternate provider for our VoIP offering. Jon Carnes FeatureTel -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
