[olug] Jag Wireless?

[Rob Townley]

jagwireless is (the ISP for | is) sei-security.com.  not going anywhere.
On May 12, 2015 12:48 PM, <akennykant at gmail.com> wrote:

> What about PrairieInet?
>
> http://www.prairieinet.com
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On May 11, 2015, at 11:24 PM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> >
> > My parents live just north of Plattsmouth (Buccaneer Bay) and they are
> > getting tired of the inconsistent and painfully slow DSL speeds their
> > current provider is providing.
> >
> > The only viable option that I know of is Jag Wireless (
> > http://www.jagwireless.net/), but I'm kind of concerned when I look at
> > their web pages.  The pricing page proudly proclaims "Summer 2014
> > Promotional Service Rates", the news page doesn't appear to have been
> > updated since August 2005, and some of the links are to servers that are
> > apparently off-line (http://bhrbek.jagwireless.net/tools).
> >
> > Their coverage maps (http://www.jagwireless.net/html/coverage.html)
> don't
> > state what the colors mean, though if I assume based on the patterns, the
> > "center" of their south coverage map looks to be very close to my parents
> > house but I can't be certain.  (Is red bad or good?)
> >
> > So, my questions:
> > 1: Is anyone on the list a current user of their services, or know
> someone
> > who currently is?
> > 2: When I searched the OLUG.org mailing list archives, I do see them
> > mentioned a few times but only in the 2003-2004 timeframe.  Anything
> newer?
> > 3: Are there other WiFi/wireless based options we've overlooked?
> > (Satellite Internet isn't an really an option with their 10GB/month data
> > caps.)
> >
> > Given the current poor DSL performance, I would hope that their Basic
> > package for $35/month (including the modem rental) would be a step up,
> and
> > considering how long they have been in business I could overlook the age
> of
> > the site on the assumption they are doing well enough to keep the
> business
> > afloat.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Dan
> >
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