Kellog-Huggard Library, Montpelier, VT

Today is an open house at the Kellog-Hubbard Library celebrating their new HOT SPOT. The service is being provied by MontpelierNet a community owned coop serving Montpelier, Vermont.

The day is being sponsored by Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks , Friends of the Library and the City of Montpelier.

The USS Liddle Association is providing on site technical support.

The service works with your State House sign-in password.

It is the intention of MontpelierNet to have similar services throughout the City.

Kellog Hubbard Library is HOT!

Take your WiFi capable laptop to the Kellogg Hubbard Library and cruise the Internet. The library is a great place to do your homework, research a new project, and study those topics that have been eluding you for so long.
The Kellogg Hubbard Library is the second Montpelier public space to have WiFi capability. The State House has been live since January.
Capitol Grounds and Langdon Street Cafe have there own private WiFi systems that make your cafe adventure hi-tech.
MontpelierNet provides a wireless backbone network delivering high-speed access to its members. Bandwidth of T1 capacity is the leading service currently being provided to several businesses in downtown Montpelier. The second phase is bringing WiFi to the broader community is underway. MontpelierNet is the first citywide project in Vermont. MontpelierNet is a coop owned by its members.

MontpelierNet’s partners are Vermont Broadband Council, Summit Technologies and SoverNet with support from Senator Patrick Leahy.

MontpelierNet is very active

MontpelierNet is delevering a T1 equalivant for $450. The stength of a Coop would seem to have a cost effective advantage for its members.

The fever is cataching.

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MontpelierNet; moving into agriculture.

Today the Vermont Broadband Council and the Vermont Information Technology Center held a think tank session of farmers, agribusiness com, Senator Leahy's staff, and the Vermont Department of Agriculture to discuss the need for broadband on the Farm.
There was considerable discussion about various applications but the need and the opportunity was best summed up by Emma Marvin of Butternut Mountain Farm, "the issue is access, we must address the issue of access."
Access remains an issue in the rural areas. The wire providers are not willing to solve the issue for the rural community.
Wireless is one technology that can help solve the access issue. By forming privet-public cooperative intities high-speed access can be brought to the rural community and significantly reduce the cost to all communities.
It is time to address the broadband gap to open new markets for our rural communities.

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Vermont wireless: MontpelierNet leading the way

Vermont communities are actively installing wireless networks to bring Internet services and bandwidth to remote users. Several communities are using the coop model, similar to what Montpelier has done. Several have enterprising entrepreneurs who are developing a robust service.
Both models are bringing essential service to Rural Vermont.

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Computer Security

Thursday, February 18 the Legislative Council IT manager, Duncan Goss, conducted a security seminar for Legislators and staff.
The presentors were Gary Kessler, Associate Proffessor, Champlin College and Rich Parker, Director of Enginerring.

A brief summary:
have the three baskic security programs on your computer;
Anti-Virus program, Personal Firewall and a Snti-Spam program.

Airpath Wireless and Summit Technologies Bring Wi-Fi Service to Vermont's Historic Capital

Airpath Wireless and Summit Technologies Bring Wi-Fi Service to Vermont's Historic Capital

Here is the news release released by Airpath.

Feel free to contact me for more information.

MontpelierNet

The Vermont State House has WiFi serving the legeslature and guests. You can check out the MontpelierNet activity of MontpelierNet

We are alson appreciative of the support from Signal Advertising of Montpelier.

We are able to provide T1 bandwidth for $450/mnth, one of the lowest rates in the state if not the lowest. Wireless is a very practical way to distribute bandwidth in rural Vermont. And it is a very practical and cost effective way to distrubute bandwidth in urban areas.

Our partners in this venture are Summitt Technologies, SoverNet, and Airpath.

For information about MontpelierNet contact Claude at claude.stone@gmail.com or claude@morsefarm.com

And you are always welcome at Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks in Montpelier, Vermont.