Broadband Signals Being Jammed?

Wasn't it Forest Gump that said "Grove's Internet Service is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get." The wireless service is up one minute, down the next, slowing to a crawl. Maybe there is another customer somewhere trying to use the service. The dial up service slowed to 21.4 kbps this week as well. (on Green Country)

And, Troy Kyman, owner of Precision Wireless, the company that is starting up new service for Grove, said this week they had caught Green Country Internet/Jet Stream Wireless intentionally installing 900 mhz transmitters on its tower near the Grove Co-op, pointing one towards Precision's tower and one towards the WaveLynx tower, causing interference.

WaveLynx is another Grand Lake wi-fi company located in Langley but servicing parts of Grove from atop the Vista Towers on Monkey Island.

"They have also been channel jumping to each of our frequencies being used, causing interference. We have contacted them demanding the removal and are preparing a letter of their actions to the FCC, Kyman said.

Precision has one tower in test phase operation with two more in construction stages and will transmit on the 900 mghz frequency as well as 5.8 ghz frequency.