Exciting Broadband Service Possible in Grove
High speed wireless broadband internet service may soon be available to all of Grove, an official of Cherokee Connex told members of the Grove Industrial Development Authority at its monthly meeting this week.
Ron Gates told the group that his Tulsa based company, owned by the Cherokee Nation, would first provide service to First Responders and Downtown Grove homes and businesses, then move forward to serving all of Grove and eventually a 300 square mile area around Grove and Grand Lake.
The service would handle broadband internet service, telephone service, high definition television and eventually cellphones with wireless chips. Internet service would be 50 times faster than current dial-up service and faster than DSL or Cable. There would be no dead zones for cell phone users.
GIDA members authorized the city attorney to talk with the Oklahoma Municipal League attorney regarding information gathering and participation in the SuperTrust created by the state.
Cherokee Connex would install 25-30 radio transmitters in downtown Grove mounted on light and electric poles. The service would be on 24/7 and up 99.9% of the time.
Gates described the new technology as radically superior to current wireless service which transmits on line of sight and cannot go through trees or structures. His service can travel for miles through trees, clouds and adverse weather. A single tower can handle hundreds of users at the same time with no performance loss. Each radio has its own battery backup in case of power failure and transmits on frequencies below 11 gigahertz and does not require licensing by the Federal Government.
Cherokee Connex currently serves Tulsa and 61 other Oklahoma cities that have signed up for the service since July.
Estimated cost to a broadband subscriber is $29.95/month.
Gates said Phase One of the service, to first responders, could be up and running in Grove in two weeks time. Ambulance and fire vehicles would have software to locate by GPS any residence in Delaware County, including cars or boats. Law enforcement officers would be able to mount cameras in cars and at intersections or trouble spots, accessable via a laptop computer. He said radically new cell phone technology will be coming out in 2007, already available in China and the UK. More information is available at www.cnxusa.com
In other business at the GIDA meeting, David Adzigian was elected Chairman; Terry Ryan elected Vice Chairman, and the Secretary position was tabled pending review by the city attorney as to whether or not the City Clerk can occupy the position while not being on the board. The City Clerk has traditionally kept the minutes anyway.
The board also agreed to sell Lot 13 of the Grove Business Park for $20,000.
They also approved the Purchase Order Register including two previously paid items; one for $7,000 to Terracom for soil anaylsis on two proposed civic center sites, and one to the McSorley Company for a study on which site would be better suited for the proposed new civic center.
Ron Gates told the group that his Tulsa based company, owned by the Cherokee Nation, would first provide service to First Responders and Downtown Grove homes and businesses, then move forward to serving all of Grove and eventually a 300 square mile area around Grove and Grand Lake.
The service would handle broadband internet service, telephone service, high definition television and eventually cellphones with wireless chips. Internet service would be 50 times faster than current dial-up service and faster than DSL or Cable. There would be no dead zones for cell phone users.
GIDA members authorized the city attorney to talk with the Oklahoma Municipal League attorney regarding information gathering and participation in the SuperTrust created by the state.
Cherokee Connex would install 25-30 radio transmitters in downtown Grove mounted on light and electric poles. The service would be on 24/7 and up 99.9% of the time.
Gates described the new technology as radically superior to current wireless service which transmits on line of sight and cannot go through trees or structures. His service can travel for miles through trees, clouds and adverse weather. A single tower can handle hundreds of users at the same time with no performance loss. Each radio has its own battery backup in case of power failure and transmits on frequencies below 11 gigahertz and does not require licensing by the Federal Government.
Cherokee Connex currently serves Tulsa and 61 other Oklahoma cities that have signed up for the service since July.
Estimated cost to a broadband subscriber is $29.95/month.
Gates said Phase One of the service, to first responders, could be up and running in Grove in two weeks time. Ambulance and fire vehicles would have software to locate by GPS any residence in Delaware County, including cars or boats. Law enforcement officers would be able to mount cameras in cars and at intersections or trouble spots, accessable via a laptop computer. He said radically new cell phone technology will be coming out in 2007, already available in China and the UK. More information is available at www.cnxusa.com
In other business at the GIDA meeting, David Adzigian was elected Chairman; Terry Ryan elected Vice Chairman, and the Secretary position was tabled pending review by the city attorney as to whether or not the City Clerk can occupy the position while not being on the board. The City Clerk has traditionally kept the minutes anyway.
The board also agreed to sell Lot 13 of the Grove Business Park for $20,000.
They also approved the Purchase Order Register including two previously paid items; one for $7,000 to Terracom for soil anaylsis on two proposed civic center sites, and one to the McSorley Company for a study on which site would be better suited for the proposed new civic center.
posted by Editor | 2:30 AM
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Before he sold Green Country Internet to Jetstream Wireless earlier this year, Merl Tinney tried to cooperate with the city to bring wireless broadband internet to Grove. The city responded by passing an ordinance forbidding towers inside city limits, and rejecting GCInet's proposals for access on top of existing city water towers. Despite the city's lack of cooperation, Green Country Internet, now owned by Jetstream Wireless, has been providing Grove and rural areas wih high speed internet service for years.
And that's a good thing. Without the current wirless Internet service there would be no Grove Observer publishing as dial up is too slow.
Opposition on the council to using that tower has mostly disappeared with the defeat of Charles Rowe but all new towers will be built anyway.
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