WaveComm on Cardigan

People have been asking what the equipment installed recently on the Cardigan summit by broadband provider WaveComm looks like.  We popped up and took this picture.  (The Wavecomm equipment is the white stuff on the upper left of the tower.) Not very awesome--which is a good thing in our book. 

Recently, we (Dorothy and Jay Heinrichs) have installed Fairpoint DSL in the house, and pointed a new antenna to WaveComm's Cardigan dish.  By paying a larger fee, we were able to get Wavecomm speeds up to double the DSL speeds--which themselves are pretty good.

Not sure how the equipment will hold up in the winter, but WaveComm did OK with its Ascutney summit equipment last year.  Jay has offered to hike up and fix anything that a moron could fix.

With Fairpoint, WaveComm, and Wildblue on the scene, Orange is starting to look connected.  Right now, you need to be able to see the summit from your place to access the new WaveComm installation.  But the company says it plans to install repeaters in the future to serve people who can't see the summit.  Call (603) 298-9000 and ask.

(We don't have any relationship with WaveComm or the other providers except as customers.)