Comments on: GoAntigo Wireless Issues

By: admin

admin — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:00:30 +0000

Apparently, they have changed their url again, it is now: http://www.granitewave.com/

The link on the home page has also been updated. Thanks.

By: crazyman

crazyman — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:52:42 +0000

looks like the go antigo link in not working again!

By: Citereh

Citereh — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:40:09 +0000

After all, it’s not like there are any other towns tying to lure “big industry”. And with all the amazing amenities Antigo has to offer, why would any business choose to locate anywhere else?!

By: voiceofreason

voiceofreason — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:29:31 +0000

I keep hearing that from people. It’s a silly statement. Do you really think that the city is not trying to get industry? Do you think they are telling big industry not to come here?

By: is it just me?

is it just me? — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:19:04 +0000

all in all…..wouldn’t it be nice if the city administrator let or got more big industry to come to Antigo???????

By: It Burns

It Burns — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:14:47 +0000

As an early adopter of the wireless service, I believe that it was/is actually a good thing. I don’t quite agree with how the city spun it off, and in the long run, the wireless will benifit more people outside of the city an those in city. Yet, I keep the service because of the speeds. None of the service providers can offer me such a great UPLOAD speed.

The fiber broadband is a much better addition for the city. I know that many businesses have signed up for it. It offers very competitive rates, and great internet speeds (upload and download).

By: Wireless Networking

Wireless Networking — Mon, 19 May 2008 23:05:49 +0000

Internet access is monopoly or duopoly or a heavily regulated industry. The middle mile connections from the local network to the Internet backbone may or may not be competitive depending on where you are. But the Internet backbone itself is extremely competitive. If you can get to a major Internet Exchange Point in the US or Europe, there are many providers offering extremely competitive rates for Internet Transit. Typically these services are priced on a megabit per second per month basis (Mbit/ s/ Month)…

By: Another guy

Another guy — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:32:24 +0000

Well there was a profit in a way. They where way ahead of schedule on how many people would of had the wireless service over a 5 year period. The thing is that the government can not run a system like this by themselves and they where going to have a 3rd party take care of the service anyways. But it ended up just being a better solution to just sell the wireless part over to them so that the city wouldn’t have to deal with the up keep such as billing and maintenance.

I honestly don’t feel we would of seen anything in the next 5-10 year from any company to do what the city has put in as far as fiber lines. Maybe even longer. So the city had to step up. Yes it was an expense to the taxpayers but if the taxpayers want to see the city to grow and be kept alive then this is one of the main keys that is needed. Also another option is to just use the Verison service but it is more expensive to have a dedicated copper type service to the speeds that larger businesses now require today.

By: Alexis

Alexis — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:59:12 +0000

If the idea was a good one, then the City would not have cut their losses and sold it to an outside company.
It is never a “good idea” when it loses money.

I have delt with a Granite rep in a non-internet related way and found him to be very informative and pleasant to deal with when we questioned him about Granite.
I have not heard any complaints since they took over.

Yes, there was/is a need for those of us in the northwoods to have the technology to compete, but not at the expense of the tax payers. If there wasn’t enought profit for someone like Verizon to do it, why did we think we could make a profit with it???

By: Another guy

Another guy — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:12:45 +0000

This service was a great idea from the start and I don’t see why everyone is mad at it. There is no way that a company would of started something like this in Antigo. We are just a city that isn’t that big of a deal to most companies. So what did the city do?…they started it themselves. And now look other people and companies in the northwoods are starting to follow suit in trying to get a similar system up and running.

Also all of those industries that the DOAS should be bringing in will need some type of internet. As of right now fiber is the preferred choice. It is much more reliable and has less issues than copper lines. Plus in the end it is much cheaper and easier to manage. For any company now days high speed and reliable internet capability is a definite must for any business.

Since the original post was put up during the time the wireless company was being transfered over I have a feeling that kind of problem isn’t so bad anymore. Also Frontier is alright but I have heard plenty of complaints about them as well.