Technology organization working to give internet to rustic communities
Internet interfaces individuals to the world so having slow internet or no access at all is baffling.
A local technology organization is working to solve that issue one town at a time.
Cherry Capital Communications is giving homes in rural Cheboygan better access to the internet.
Huge numbers of these Cheboygan homes previously had access to the internet, yet the addition of fiber-optic cables make access to the internet more dependable and much faster.
Around 75 homes have signed up for the service and Cherry Capital Communications estimates 156 will sign up when it’s all said and done.
“Their options here are pretty limited,” Community Technology Advisor Tom Stephenson said. “The technology the fixed wireless is unlicensed they have old telephone lines so the speeds that are availab...