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Wireless LINC begins rural wireless broadband pilots in Vermont and New Hampshire

May 30, 2007 at 4:03 AM by Esme Vos

The Wireless LINC initiative, a public-private partnership in Vermont and New Hampshire, has launched a series of pilot projects which are just the first step in building broadband infrastructure throughout Carroll, Grafton and Coos counties in New Hampshire and Orleans, Essex and Caledonia counties in Vermont. The Wireless LINC initiative, a public-private partnership in Vermont and New Hampshire, has launched a series of pilot projects which are just the first step in building broadband infrastructure throughout Carroll, Grafton and Coos counties in New Hampshire and Orleans, Essex and Caledonia counties in Vermont. Tetherless Access, Inc. founded by Dewayne Hendricks, has been hired to get the wireless pilots up and running.

The rural broadband project is managed by the North Community Investment Corporation (NCIC), a non-profit created in 1975 to promote economic development in northeastern Vermont and northern New Hampshire. The counties to be served by this broadband network are, like many rural regions around the world, forgotten by the large commercial broadband service providers.

According to the NCIC’s project summary (click here to download), the network will use fixed wireless infrastructure to deliver service to end users and fiber as the backhaul. The plan is similar to many of the fiber plus wireless projects currently underway in rural areas of Europe.

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2 Comments on “Wireless LINC begins rural wireless broadband pilots in Vermont and New Hampshire”

  1. Malcolm Taylor Says:
    July 30th, 2007 at 6:50 am

    There are an increasing number of residents along Rte. 113 in Holderness, NH (Grafton Co.) who are anxious to see some form of I-net broadband service so that they might conduct business from their homes. Also, a family vacation business would like the same service. But the local cable provider (Time Warner) sees not enough profit. Telephone company trying to sell its land lines, satellite links often prevented by forest cover. So what is taking place for areas such as this?

  2. Karen Cate Says:
    August 2nd, 2009 at 7:05 am

    I can’t get DSL or cable, satellite is my only option for broadband, and then if you want performance you pay a high price, and then it is sketchy sometimes anyway. I live in Lyman, NH
    Grafton, Co. I face the White Mountains. Wondering if there is anything projected for this area?

    Thanks
    Karen

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