Comments for http://main.nc.us/whitespaces Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:52:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 Comment on Tech firms jubilant over ‘white spaces’ vote by D. Dial http://main.nc.us/whitespaces/2008/11/tech-firms-jubilant-over-white-spaces-vote/#comment-32 D. Dial Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:01:18 +0000 http://main.nc.us/whitespaces/?p=197#comment-32 When I first heard Wally Bowen speak of "whitespace", I had no earthly idea of what he was talking about. I'm sure there are many others in the same boat. Would love film some roundtable discussions on "whitespaces" to be aired on URTV, and several webspaces, plus to be uploaded to Google video. Best D. Dial When I first heard Wally Bowen speak of “whitespace”, I had no earthly idea of what he was talking about. I’m sure there are many others in the same boat. Would love film some roundtable discussions on “whitespaces” to be aired on URTV, and several webspaces, plus to be uploaded to Google video.

Best

D. Dial

]]> Comment on FCC releases ‘white spaces’ ruling by Rev Will Pruett/Methodist-Retired http://main.nc.us/whitespaces/2008/11/fcc-releases-white-spaces-ruling/#comment-18 Rev Will Pruett/Methodist-Retired Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:14:18 +0000 http://main.nc.us/whitespaces/?p=199#comment-18 Dear President elect Barrack Obama,Vice President elect Joe Biden & 'To Whom It May Concern' in both the House and Senate - Please do the right thing by letting 'white spaces' be assigned for Rural ISP use. Before I retired I experinced first hand what our rural people had to endure. Dial Up's of often 28.8 Kbs because Cable and/or DSL was not available or NOT affordable. Graciously Wally Bowen of MAIN (Mountain Area Information Network - a NonProfit) brought the Internet to Western North Carolina. We bless him, and we would be very grateful for 'Your' blessing us with affordable Rural Broad- Band through the use of the 'white spaces'. Dear President elect Barrack Obama,Vice President elect Joe Biden & ‘To Whom It May Concern’ in both the House and Senate - Please do
the right thing by letting ‘white spaces’ be assigned for Rural ISP
use. Before I retired I experinced first hand what our rural people
had to endure. Dial Up’s of often 28.8 Kbs because Cable and/or DSL
was not available or NOT affordable. Graciously Wally Bowen of MAIN
(Mountain Area Information Network - a NonProfit) brought the Internet to Western North Carolina. We bless him, and we would be very grateful for ‘Your’ blessing us with affordable Rural Broad-
Band through the use of the ‘white spaces’.

]]> Comment on Tech firms jubilant over ‘white spaces’ vote by Jo Ellen Wade and Carol Diamond http://main.nc.us/whitespaces/2008/11/tech-firms-jubilant-over-white-spaces-vote/#comment-12 Jo Ellen Wade and Carol Diamond Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:23:40 +0000 http://main.nc.us/whitespaces/?p=197#comment-12 HOORAY!! Maybe now we can get high speed Internet in our unserved pocket in Madison County, NC. We'd better not drop our guard though; the telecoms, etc, have powerful lobbies and GOBS of money. HOORAY!! Maybe now we can get high speed Internet in our unserved pocket in Madison County, NC.

We’d better not drop our guard though; the telecoms, etc, have powerful lobbies and GOBS of money.

]]> Comment on “Life Without Broadband” stories by Wally Bowen http://main.nc.us/whitespaces/2008/10/%e2%80%9clife-without-broadband%e2%80%9d-stories-from-western-north-carolina/#comment-4 Wally Bowen Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:28:18 +0000 http://main.nc.us/whitespaces/?p=142#comment-4 Thanks for sharing your experience with satellite service. We hope that the 'white spaces' technologies will be brought to market quickly. First, we have to secure the victory we won on Nov. 4 with the FCC's 5-0 vote. We fully expect the broadcasters to attempt to reverse the FCC action via a stealth provision during the upcoming lame-duck session of Congress. Please keep checking the "White Spaces News" section of the MAIN homepage for updates and action alerts. We will get there! wally bowen Thanks for sharing your experience with satellite service. We hope that the ‘white spaces’ technologies will be brought to market quickly. First, we have to secure the victory we won on Nov. 4 with the FCC’s 5-0 vote. We fully expect the broadcasters to attempt to reverse the FCC action via a stealth provision during the upcoming lame-duck session of Congress. Please keep checking the “White Spaces News” section of the MAIN homepage for updates and action alerts. We will get there!

wally bowen

]]> Comment on “Life Without Broadband” stories by P Palenko http://main.nc.us/whitespaces/2008/10/%e2%80%9clife-without-broadband%e2%80%9d-stories-from-western-north-carolina/#comment-1 P Palenko Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:05:31 +0000 http://main.nc.us/whitespaces/?p=142#comment-1 Dear Main, I have lived in Mitchell County for most of my life. I run a small business from home plus I homeschool my children, so high speed internet is essential. I am supposed to have satellite service with Hughes Net. Since purchasing my satellite dish ($700) I have found this sort of service to be barely faster than dial up. Plus, at least 35% of the time I have NO SIGNAL at all. I am paying close to $100 a month for this lousy service that doesn't work and their support is horrible. When I call to complain, I am on the phone for hours with someone in a third world country. I have found that since having this service I am linked in a contract that if I break, I must pay $500 yet they have yet to fulfill their obligation to provide reliable internet. Now they are telling me my dish is pointed wrong and that they must send tech support out to fix the problem. This is after a year of this horrible service so it'll cost me an additional $125 for them to come out! The point of telling you this is to let people know, whatever you do, don't go with satellite service. I am getting ready to just STOP paying for this rotten service and I'm not about to pay the $500 for breaking the contract, so this will go against my credit, but I am sick and tired of paying for something that I have NEVER gotten. Thanks main for continuing your endeavors to get decent high speed internet to those of us who've been scalped for far too long by these rotten servers that take advantage of our dilemma. Dear Main,
I have lived in Mitchell County for most of my life. I run a small business from home plus I homeschool my children, so high speed internet is essential. I am supposed to have satellite service with Hughes Net. Since purchasing my satellite dish ($700) I have found this sort of service to be barely faster than dial up. Plus, at least 35% of the time I have NO SIGNAL at all.
I am paying close to $100 a month for this lousy service that doesn’t work and their support is horrible. When I call to complain, I am on the phone for hours with someone in a third world country. I have found that since having this service I am linked in a contract that if I break, I must pay $500 yet they have yet to fulfill their obligation to provide reliable internet. Now they are telling me my dish is pointed wrong and that they must send tech support out to fix the problem. This is after a year of this horrible service so it’ll cost me an additional $125 for them to come out!
The point of telling you this is to let people know, whatever you do, don’t go with satellite service. I am getting ready to just STOP paying for this rotten service and I’m not about to pay the $500 for breaking the contract, so this will go against my credit, but I am sick and tired of paying for something that I have NEVER gotten.
Thanks main for continuing your endeavors to get decent high speed internet to those of us who’ve been scalped for far too long by these rotten servers that take advantage of our dilemma.

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