[Cu-wireless] Re: community wireless in NC

[Mike Lehman]

I don't have time to look over their documentation, but I believe that a 
"Rural Internet Access Authority" may have some connection to or be 
copied from the existing struture of rural eletrification coops. Thus 
they may only be recognized in certain "underserved" areas, which is a 
very relative concept with the oft times crappy service available from 
current providers in our very non-rural cities. But things have been 
changing in the REA area in the last few years and, if there is a 
conenction between it and a "Rural Internet Access Authority," maybe 
this is something that will be useful, even if only as a conceptual model.
Mike Lehman

Sascha Meinrath wrote:

> On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Danielle Chynoweth wrote:
> 
> 
>>http://main.nc.us/about/joinwireless.shtml/
>>
>>This started as a prairienet kind of venture and now provides wireless.
>>They are community focuses, non profit.  They charge $45/mo.  I want to
>>know more about what a "Rural Internet Access Authority" is - it sounds
>>like a taxing body for internet ... hmmm can anyone say municipal utility?
> 
> 
> this is interesting.  and we could definitely utilize some of their
> information for our own website info docs, like their wireless user
> agreement:
> 
> http://main.nc.us/about/forms/wireless/wirelessuseragreement.html
> 
> as for the Rural Internet Access Authority, their webpage is:
> 
> http://www.ncruralcenter.org/internet/