Getting Metrocast to Rattlesnake Island
A number of us are formally petitioning the Town of Alton to make Metrocast live up to their franchise agreement and extend the Metrocast system to Rattlesnake (and possibly Sleepers) Island.
Metrocast is stonewalling. But, what the franchise agreement states is this: If we have 10 subscribers per mile who pay for 1 year of service, in advance, Metrocast has to extend the system to cover those subscribers.
So, we will eventually need some folks to sign up if we want to get Metrocast over here.
Last year, Metrocast conducted a complete survey of the Island (and Sleepers Island) - measuring all of the poles, figuring out how many houses there are, etc.
Metrocast is blocking all other avenues of bringing Internet to the island. I can build a 5.8gHz link from the Rattlesnake Island Association Landing in Alton (45 megabits), but when I went to order the service, Metrocast refused to install it when they found out I was going to beam Internet over to the island.
Anyway, I wanted to fill everyone in on what's going on.
Regards,
Steve
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