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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