A quick tech update . . .
Only days after posting the last entry about the lack of Internet service some rural parts of the state, Great Awk Wireless announced a major initiative to bring increased and improved wireless Internet service to the tri-mountain area. This initiative was spurred in part by Oliver Olsen (Vermont State representative representing parts of Londonderry, Weston, Winhall and Jamaica) and a group of existing subscribers, after GAW initially announced that it would be eliminating or decreasing service to the area because of a lack of customers. The problem, as I see it, was that no one knew about GAW. If you build it, they will come. If you don’t know about a service, how can you purchase/subscribe.
So, on December 1, 2010, we were hooked up to GAW’s wireless Internet. It’s pretty fast. Fast enough to stream Netflix! We’re still in the midst of our trial/money-back period, but I think we’re going to stick with it! We are now, officially, part of the 21st century.
