You'd have to ask him. I know that he's in the DSL business and is interested in being Maine's phone company. This project not only provides relief for the desparate middle mile in maine, but if you look at the map on the project website (http://www.threeringmaine.com/map.html ) you'll see that it talks about GWI (Great Works Internet) central offices. That puts GWI in control and if your an independent ISP in Maine, I'd be working that there is oversight and that there is no huge advantage for GWI in the deal. After all, he gets to build the network and he doesn't have to foot the bill for it. Yes it means jobs for Maine, but only a handful.
As I said, he's been interested in overbuilding (Fairpoint/Verizon) for years, ever since I installed his first 8 modems back in the 90's. He's built quite a business. He's no shrinking violet, He's brilliant, shrewd and patient. Cheers, Curtis On 12/18/2009 11:29 AM, Aaron D. Osgood wrote: > Curt - wouldn't Mr. Kittredge be open to discussing using wireless to extend > the "last mile"? > > Aaron D. Osgood > > Streamline Solutions L.L.C > > P.O. Box 6115 > Falmouth, ME 04105 > > TEL: 207-781-5561 > FAX: 615-704-8067 > MOBILE: 207-831-5829 > aosg...@streamline-solutions.net > http://www.streamline-solutions.net > > Introducing Efficiency to Business since 1986. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Curtis Maurand > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 10:44 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] stimulus announcements thus far > > I'm from Maine. Its good for Mainers. Its better for GWI and Fletcher > Kittredge who's been looking to overbuild Fairpoint for a very long > time. Now he gets his chance. Its going to be bad for the small > provider. You're still not going to get a break on connectivity. It > will follow GWI's usual pricing model which is very expensive. He's > going to get a more advantageous deal for GWI retail and federal money > to do the deal. He doesn't even have to put up much of his own money to > get it done. Talk about an inside game. Trading one monopoly for > another is not good. It does inject a third player into the game, > though and that's good. > > On 12/17/2009 2:17 PM, Josh Cheney wrote: > >> Speaking as someone from Maine, and who knows a bit about what that plan >> entails, it is an excellent project. >> >> On 12/17/09 2:10 PM, Robert West wrote: >> >> >>> On the outside, that all sounds like reasonable choices and towards the >>> actual goal. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >>> Behalf Of Matt Liotta >>> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 1:41 PM >>> To: WISPA General List >>> Subject: [WISPA] stimulus announcements thus far >>> >>> A $33.5 million grant to the North Georgia Network Cooperative for a >>> fiber-optic ring that will bring high-speed Internet connections to >>> the northern Georgia foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The >>> project will serve an eight-county area with a population of 334,000. >>> >>> A $25.4 million grant to the Biddleford Internet Corp., a partnership >>> between the University of Maine and service providers, to build three >>> fiber-optic rings across rural Maine. The network will pass through >>> more than 100 communities with 110,000 households and will connect 10 >>> University of Maine campuses. >>> >>> A combined grant/loan of $2.4 million to the Consolidated Electric >>> Cooperative in north central Ohio to build a 166-mile fiber network >>> that will be used, among other things, to connect 16 electrical >>> substations to support a smart grid project. >>> >>> A 4G wireless network to be built by an Alaska Native Corporation in >>> southwestern Alaska, a fiber-to-the-home project in a remote corner of >>> New Hampshire and computer centers for 84 libraries in Arizona. >>> >>> -Matt >>> >>> >>> >>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> ---- >>> WISPA Wants You! 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