Fond du Lac is a Blandin Broadband Community. They have been working to expand broadband access on the reservation. They recently completed a big wireless upgrade creating 13 wireless hot spots for community use. The wireless service has 30 megabit bandwidth for those who are in range of the antennas. (The speed was verified on an iPhone with a speed test website. )
People with access have been very happy. And the overall range was actually larger than predicted. At the beginning of the project it was estimated that each antenna would have a range of a quarter- mile radius of the antenna. After the installation several of the antenna’s had a range of a half-mile radius. Unfortunately there are folks who live just outside that range and of course they now want access too. But overall the reaction has been very positive for a fairly small project.
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