[NCLUG] Mesa Networks (broadband)

[Rich Young]

Matt-
	I got this just after sending my last message -- it sounds like CWX
is a better option than I realized.  What do you know about the price of the
equipment it takes to get started?  Last I checked, the equipment +
initiation was more than $700, which is well beyond my means at the moment.

--Rich

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Taggart [mailto:matt at lackof.org]
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 12:03 PM
> To: nclug at nclug.org
> Cc: rich at ExperiencePlus.Com
> Subject: Re: [NCLUG] Mesa Networks (broadband) 
> 
> 
> 
> Patrick Riedel writes...
> 
> > On Thu, 15 Aug 2002 10:21:37 -0600
> > Rich Young <rich at ExperiencePlus.Com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Part of my ongoing saga of the search for affordable broadband in
> > > parts of FC where DSL/cable are unavailable...
> > > 
> > 
> > Also, I'm assuming you've heard of CWX (http://www.cwx.net/)?
> > 
> > Higher prices, but available now (I believe).
> 
> Prices should be coming down soon due to increased 
> membership. Adding more 
> members would only make that happen faster. I'm not sure if 
> they'll go from 
> $60 -> $44 right away but if CWX got the 25-50 customers that 
> Mesa is asking 
> for to create a new repeater site, I bet they might. CWX's 
> Terms Of Service 
> are probably better too.
> 
> -- 
> Matt Taggart
> matt at lackof.org
> 
>