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Wilson, N.C., becomes first community in N.C. to offer ultra-fast Internet

NEWS

Margaret Williams | 04/19/2013

Remember Asheville's bid to get Google's 100 gigabit Internet service? Consider that the average Internet speed in the U.S. is about 7 megabytes per second (hint: that's so much slower than gigabit service, it feels like old dial-up speeds), that about 48,000 Western North Carolinians don't have access to 4 Mbps service (the FCC definition of a broadband minimum), that North Carolina ranks 27th in broadband speeds (10 spots behind Guam). Now take a look at what one small town down east has done on its own.

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Got broadband? If not, local nonprofit MAIN wants you to map it

OPINION

Margaret Williams | 02/12/2013

Although broadband or high-speed Internet access is fairly common in Asheville, many Western North Carolinians can't get it if they wanted to, largely because the infrastructure doesn't exist. Thanks to a grant, MAIN has a mapping tool that could help get access to the nearly 48,000 WNC residents who are missing out on the digital revolution.

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MAIN's future includes 'wifi on steroids' and a higher-power MAIN–FM, says Wally Bowen (update

Jake Frankel | 11/18/2011

The future of the Mountain Area Information Network (MAIN) was detailed at a Nov. 17 meeting led by Executive Director Wally Bowen.

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Google this: Kansas City gets first Google super-speed Internet, not contenders like Asheville

Jake Frankel | 03/30/2011

Google announced today, March 30, that Kansas City will be the first city to receive its experimental high-speed internet network. The city outbid Asheville and over 1,000 other communities across the country to win the service.

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"Broadband Killer" is dead

Michael Muller | 07/12/2010

Legislation that would have limited local governments' ability to build and operate their own municipal broadband networks was finally defeated before the General Assembly adjourned for the year.

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MAIN seeks federal funds to establish community-based cloud-computing in WNC

Jeff Fobes | 02/03/2010

In a bold community-spirited move, WNC's Mountain Area Information Network hopes to win federal funds to establish an advanced Internet-based network known as "cloud-computing."

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MAIN joins Google effort to 'Free the Airwaves'

Jason Sandford | 08/19/2008

The leader of the Asheville-based Mountain Area Information Network joined search-engine giant Google on Monday in calling for unlicensed access to a chunk of unused television airwaves that could form the spine of a new network of cheap, high-speed wireless Internet access.

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