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County-wide Wireless Broadband

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the last-mile dept.

An anonymous submitter sent in this story about a Maryland county providing wireless broadband to everyone, well, almost everyone, anyway. The article doesn't mention how much the service costs, and I don't see anything on the network's website either. There is a good page of information about the network, though.

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  1. not much else to do by gmhowell · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Allegheny Co. Maryland is a pit of boredom. Not that that is a bad thing. I went to school for a few years out there, and there was NOTHING to do. Not a single thing. Okay, drink heavily. And go to the cheap first run movie theatre.

    I wish them well with the project. I remember how bad the FM radio reception was. Even with towers and repeaters at the tops of the highest peaks, it was still spotty, at best. It varied with where you were, what time of the year (not all of the foliage is pine trees), the temperature, etc.

    I'd comment more, but at this point in time, the link is broken.

    (Oh, the boredom was nice. Particularly in Winter and Summer session. Plenty of time to read, relax, meditate. But it can get a little grating after a while.)

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  2. another bandwidth test. by Em+Emalb · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    "What is Allconet?
    ALLCONET is our public Web site for Allegany County and consists of a partnership of four entities -- the Allegany County Library System, the Board of Education of Allegany County, the Allegany County Commissioners, and the City of Cumberland. ALLCONET is an innovative and creative approach to meeting the information needs of our schools and communities."...

    ...until you bastards go out there and slashdot them.

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  3. Now the eBay Hacker can ... by teamhasnoi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    hack his way out of jail with a Pringles can!

  4. Re:Err... by laserjet · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    No kidding...

    Attention Slasdot Editors,

    Please check links before you post an article. You can't blaim this one on the submitter. It takes about 4 seconds. There really is not other excuse. It bothers me to see such obvious lack of caring from a site who is asking their users to pay money and subsribe. For what?

    Thanks,


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