Interested in Broadband?

WaveComm has just finished putting its equipment on the summit of Cardigan Mountain. If you can see the summit from your place, you might consider getting its service.  The company sent this to the Selectboard: 

• Our Residential plan is $49.95 monthly or prepaid $479.40 yearly ($120
• savings). That service runs between 350-750kbps download and 128-256kbps
• upload.
• Our Small Business plan is $79.95 monthly or $839.40 yearly ($120 savings).
• That service runs between 750kbps- 1.2Mbps download and 256-428kbps upload.
• A standard installation is $99.

WaveComm works by sending a radio signal from small dishes to an even smaller dish installed at your place.  It is reasonably reliable, though its service does go out for a couple hours now and then (generally no more than once a month or so, particularly during violent storms).  They answer their phone right away.  

An alternative is Fairpoint DSL, which reaches only some of the town. 

Another choice is WildBlue, a satellite service. It offers the fastest download speeds, but relatively slow uploads. If you do a lot of Web surfing, the "latency"--the amount of time it takes the signal to beam up to the satellite and back--can make the service seem slow.  Thick cloud cover or snow can affect service.

We'll try to keep you posted on services and rates as they change.