After my a regular rant on the ISP Windstream’s monopoly and terrible service, I had a meandering thought of the community getting together to develop a coop of internet service. A lot like some of the power companies have done in the past.

Following thought: I wonder how much it would cost to establish a privately owned wireless broadband membership corporation

I found the answer ($43.5M) on The blog of Bryson Payne, the CIO at North Georgia College & State University, and an executive of the North Georgia Network. Not only did the community have the same thought a long time ago they have already established North Georgia Network which is already poised to bring a 100gb/s fiber optic line throughout North Georgia. I am very excited to see the realization of this network. I wonder if the integration of Trailwave will reverse the flow of traffic on the 400 and 515.