Last Mile, High Speed Help for Upper Michigan?

Posted by Cliff on Thursday July 11, 2002 @10:32PM from the broadband-for-rural-Michigan dept.

toaztke asks: "I've been charged with a quest by one of my employers. I am to sit on a regional committee and figure out how we can get high speed internet access all across Michigan's Upper Peninsula. For those of you not too familiar with the far north of this state one word can describe it all: 'rural'. So what I would like to know is if any Slashdot readers have any ideas/suggestions for me. Please send anything that crosses your mind my way. If you want more information on the project, just visit the Link UP website."

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Well... by DasBub · 2002-07-12 00:34 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I hear Superman's been sitting on his ass since Lois & Clark was cancelled...
Use lots of linux and freebsd boxen by duffbeer703 · 2002-07-12 03:07 · Score: 1, Offtopic

That's all you need.

By using linux and bsd boxen, you save alot of money compared to sun or microsoft.

also consider that you can use commidity hardware and save even more

overall it would probaly onyl cost about $200,000 to wire the whole state.

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