On 6/13/06, der.hans <PLUGd@lufthans.com> wrote:

> Am 12. Jun, 2006 schwätzte Dennis Kibbe so:
>
> > On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, Bill Earl wrote:
> >
> >> I suppose this is off topic for this list, but it is important to us
> >> that any provider we go with have a good relationship with Linux, so
> >> perhaps it's not so unrelated.  The subject seems to come up pretty
> >> regularly anyway, but it's been a while so I thought I'd ask the
> group...
> >>
> >> We're near the Deer Valley airport and have used CyberTrails to provide
> >> a nice 1mb connection that we've used as a backup to our regular data
> >> connection.   We're moving to a new building this fall and CyberTrails
> >> is having trouble getting line of sight to this new building, but I'd
> >> like to keep a wireless connection available as backhoe insurance.  :-)
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any recommendations for a company that can provide
> high
> >> speed wireless Internet access in the northern part of the valley? The
> >> connection needs to be at least 1mb inbound and outbound. Thanks for
> any
> >> info you have!
> >>
> >> Bill
> >
> > Bill,
> >
> > We've used Sprint Broadband for years out here near Fountain Hill with
> great
> > service.  Whether you use MAC, Win or Linux shouldn't matter, as the
> > provider's resposibility stops when the signal reaches your router,
> usually.
>
> Unless Sprint has changed policies it hasn't sold new accounts for years.
> I started with People's Choice before Sprint bought them and was happy to
> move away from Sprint when I could.
>
> EMR used to support PLUG. Kyle left, so I don't know if they still do
> GNU/Linux. I also don't know if they do wireless. They're near Deer Valley
> airport.
>
> www.EMR.net
>
> I don't know if RNI is still on the air. The web page still comes up.
>
> www.rni.net
>
> Red Seven is providing wireless access points, but I don't think they feed
> any location wirelessly. Check with them to find out for certain. Red
> Seven definitely supports GNU/Linux and PLUG.
>
> www.RedSevenUSA.com
>
> Depending on your bandwidth needs you might also just look at getting a
> wireless card from one of the cell phone providers. Someone told me altel
> even leaves ports open and gives you a real IP addy, so you can run
> services off the card.
>
> Hmm, probably not 1 Mb off the cell phones.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
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*Mike's 0.02:*
 FWIW, I believe
    www.EMR.net <http://www.emr.net/>
has been a provider
(of free net access, and free rent,
 and free dial-in phone service)
to the AzTeC Free-Net,
a "worthy cause" non-profit
...mighty nice of them, IMO.
More details are probably available from
   "Randy Wertz" <rwertz@aztecfreenet.org>
or from
    www.aztecfreenet.org
-- 
Mike Schwartz
Glendale  AZ
schwartz@acm.org
Mike.L.Schwartz@gmail.com