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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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