Community cable internet for $25/mo

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From: Jenny Low
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 20:51

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A friend in Marin county, CA just got cable internet
from a company sponsored by the local homeowners
association for $300 installation and $25 per month.

The service seems to work well. For $25, the download
speed is limited to 484 kbps, but the upload is 256 kbps.
For $49, they will give you 1.5Mbps/512kbps. It provides
email and personal web pages, but no usenet.

I believe they have about 250 subscribers, about 90%
of the homes in the association. The community already
owned their cable TV system. The new internet service
is not intended to lose money. Also, I wouldn't say
it is a particularly wealthy community.

Their web page is at www.lucasvalley.net

I am just wondering how this system would be configured
compared to, say, attbi.com. 

Perhaps this sort of thing is an alternative to commercial
services for other communities.

Are there other communities/groups that have setup similar
systems?

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