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I'm the author of that map and it was only a static image of the big picture. Here is a link to a Google Map with address lookup capability: http://www.wirelessmapping.com/Google%20Maps3.htm The National WISP Map Initiative is explained here: http://www.wirelessmapping.com/National%20Map.htm And you can search the database for WISP's by state here: http://www.wispdirectory.com/ this is not a complete list but a good start. This whole project was to raise the awareness that broadband in the rural markets is farther along than those in Congress believe and that the Cellular Op's are not the only people doing wireless internet. Less than a week ago this national WISP footprint did not even exist. It's quite a job consolidating and finding all of the independent operators. This was an all volunteer project.

I'm the author of that map and it was only a static image of the big picture. Here is a link to a Google Map with address lookup capability: http://www.wirelessmapping.com/Google%20Maps3.htm The National WISP Map Initiative is explained here: http://www.wirelessmapping.com/National%20Map.htm And you can search the database for WISP's by state here: http://www.wispdirectory.com/ this is not a complete list but a good start. This whole project was to raise the awareness that broadband in the rural markets is farther along than those in Congress believe and that the Cellular Op's are not the only people doing wireless internet. Less than a week ago this national WISP footprint did not even exist. It's quite a job consolidating and finding all of the independent operators. This was an all volunteer project.

I'm the author of that map and it was only a static image of the big picture. Here is a link to a Google Map with address lookup capability: http://www.wirelessmapping.com/Google%20Maps3.htm The National WISP Map Initiative is explained here: http://www.wirelessmapping.com/National%20Map.htm And you can search the database for WISP's by state here: http://www.wispdirectory.com/ this is not a complete list but a good start. This whole project was to raise the awareness that broadband in the rural markets is farther along than those in Congress believe and that the Cellular Op's are not the only people doing wireless internet. Less than a week ago this national WISP footprint did not even exist. It's quite a job consolidating and finding all of the independent operators. This was an all volunteer project. Brett was not involved other than submitting his own WISP network coverage as part of the map.

I'm the author of that map and it was only a static image of the big picture. Here is a link to a Google Map with address lookup capability: http://www.wirelessmapping.com/Google%20Maps3.htm The National WISP Map Initiative is explained here: http://www.wirelessmapping.com/National%20Map.htm And you can search the database for WISP's by state here: http://www.wispdirectory.com/ this is not a complete list but a good start. This whole project was to raise the awareness that broadband in the rural markets is farther along than those in Congress believe and that the Cellular Op's are not the only people doing wireless internet. Less than a week ago this national WISP footprint did not even exist. It's quite a job consolidating and finding all of the independent operators. This was an all volunteer project. Brett was not involved other than submitting his own WISP network coverage as part of the map.

I'm the author of that map and it was only a static image of the big picture. Here is a link to a Google Map with address lookup capability: http://www.wirelessmapping.com/Google%20Maps3.htm The National WISP Map Initiative is explained here: http://www.wirelessmapping.com/National%20Map.htm And you can search the database for WISP's by state here: http://www.wispdirectory.com/ this is not a complete list but a good start. This whole project was to raise the awareness that broadband in the rural markets is farther along than those in Congress believe and that the Cellular Op's are not the only people doing wireless internet. Less than a week ago this national WISP footprint did not even exist. It's quite a job consolidating and finding all of the independent operators.

I'm the author of that map and it was only a static image of the big picture. Here is a link to a Google Map with address lookup capability: http://www.wirelessmapping.com/Google%20Maps3.htm The National WISP Map Initiative is explained here: http://www.wirelessmapping.com/National%20Map.htm And you can search the database for WISP's by state here: http://www.wispdirectory.com/ this is not a complete list but a good start. This whole project was to raise the awareness that broadband in the rural markets is farther along than those in Congress believe and that the Cellular Op's are not the only people doing wireless internet. Less than a week ago this national WISP footprint did not even exist. It's quite a job consolidating and finding all of the independent operators.

I'm the author of that map and it was only a static image of the big picture. Here is a link to a Google Map with address lookup capability: http://www.wirelessmapping.com/Google%20Maps3.htm The National WISP Map Initiative is explained here: http://www.wirelessmapping.com/National%20Map.htm And you can search the database for WISP's by state here: http://www.wispdirectory.com/ this is not a complete list but a good start. This whole project was to raise the awareness that broadband in the rural markets is farther along than those in Congress believe and that the Cellular Op's are not the only people doing wireless internet. Less than a week ago this national WISP footprint did not even exist. It's quite a job consolidating and finding all of the independent operators.

I'm the author of that map and it was only a static image of the big picture. Here is a link to a Google Map with address lookup capability: http://www.wirelessmapping.com/Google%20Maps3.htm The National WISP Map Initiative is explained here: http://www.wirelessmapping.com/National%20Map.htm And you can search the database for WISP's by state here: http://www.wispdirectory.com/ this is not a complete list but a good start. This whole project was to raise the awareness that broadband in the rural markets is farther along than those in Congress believe and that the Cellular Op's are not the only people doing wireless internet. Less than a week ago this national WISP footprint did not even exist. It's quite a job consolidating and finding all of the independent operators.

It isn't that the yellow circles are not useful so much as it is that even on the interactive coverage map (which you can find here) you can see that an area is covered, but NO indication of which service provider covers that region. My in-laws are looking for home internet service; they don't want to pay for cable and don't have any phone other than cellular. I can see that SOME company covers their home if they went with WISP, but damned if I'm going to spend the next three hours combing through the listings trying to guess which one it is.

(Not to mention it took me a long time just to find the live map in the first place thanks to the horrible page design...)

Of particular interest are eastern Idaho, western Nebraska, southern Utah, northeastern Indiana, and northern lower Michigan. What are those -- the most populated areas that the major carriers are underserving?