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Native American Wireless ISP Launched by the Coeur dAlene tribe
Posted by simoniker on Monday June 07, @05:41PM
from the neat-stuff dept.
babynerd writes "On Tuesday June 1st the Coeur dAlene tribe http://www.cdatribe-nsn.gov/ unveiled the Turbocharged Broadband Geek Project http://www.cdatribe-nsn.gov/tcbgp . The scheme, organized by project head Valerie Fast Horse and funded by a $2.8 million dollar grant from the USDA Rural Utilities Service http://www.usda.gov/rus and a 15% in kind match from the tribe itself, will help build a community technology center (CTC) with 40 computers, and a wireless broadband ISP that will provide high-speed wireless access to anyone living on and near the reservation at a price comparable to that of any other DSL or Cable Internet providers – there’s currently no broadband Internet access of any kind available."
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/07/2057208&mode=thread&tid=126&tid=137&tid=193&tid=95
(Thanks to David Newberger for passing this along- If you’d like to learn more about the project, please contact him.- Russ)
David Newberger
Web Programmer, IT
Coeur d’Alene Tribe
Phone: (208)686-1164
fax: (208)686-1182
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