We have a number of growing expenses that we are going to need to meet this upcoming year.
1. Network throughput has grown by over 50% since August of this year. This has increased our backhaul costs substantially.
2. We are in the process of negotiating a new agreement with Westar energy. This new agreement will likely increase our utility power bill by over 200%. With over 300 sites attached to Westar illumination heads, this substantially increases our monthly utility bill.
3. To better serve downtown Lawrence and its surrounding area, we are now paying a monthly tower lease fee to Douglas County for the 11th & Massachusetts tower site.
4. An upstream outage at Cogent three weeks ago took the entire network offline. Though this hasn't happened often, we are going to be move toward a multi-homed network architecture. This will allow us to continue service even if one of our upstream providers is offline.
There are a variety of ways to meet these expenses, and we want to take everyone’s temperature on the various options. We will be announcing new prices and, possibly service offerings and/or bandwidth management mechanisms on December 1.
Before we make these changes we wanted to give our members a chance to have some input into the process. Please select the link below to take a brief survey.
Wicked Broadband Pricing and Policy Survey
http://goo.gl/Jdw6n
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
New Capacity On Its Way
We've upgraded our network core and our order for more capacity to Internet is in process.
We'll be turning up 50% more capacity on Sept 27 at 12:01 AM. The network will be offline for 10 min while we upgrade the Kansas City fiber.
We'll be turning up 50% more capacity on Sept 27 at 12:01 AM. The network will be offline for 10 min while we upgrade the Kansas City fiber.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Time to add some capacity......
Substantially more traffic is making it to the Internet due to the improvements and upgrades we've made this summer.
The result? Our fiber link to KC is saturated. We are bringing more capacity online this week. Hold on to your monkeys.
The result? Our fiber link to KC is saturated. We are bringing more capacity online this week. Hold on to your monkeys.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Honor a Veteran - Vote Today!
Please remember that many members of the military sacrificed their lives for your right to vote.
Honor a veteran by voting in today's election.
Joshua Montgomery & Kris Adair
P.S. Be sure to bring a photo ID
Honor a veteran by voting in today's election.
Joshua Montgomery & Kris Adair
P.S. Be sure to bring a photo ID
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Wicked Broadband
Dear Members:
Kris, Audrey, Maurene and I are happy to announce that we've acquired Community Wireless Communications Co. from our outside investment group.
We made this change because our previous ownership structure was preventing us from accessing the capital we need to maintain and grow our Lawrence network.
Since we made the change on March 31, 2012, we've been able to make over $125,000 in improvements to the Lawrence network. This includes substantial improvements to our network infrastructure, the purchase of over 8 Miles of underground fiber-optic cable, improvements to our tower infrastructure, and funds for marketing our service to expand our membership.
These funds were provided by Emprise Bank under the SBA Patriot Express loan program.
Kris and I have been leading this project since 2005 when our organization consisted of a garage with a pile of donated computers, a WiFi access point and a DSL line. We are proud to have grown the project from its simple beginnings into a city wide network that can deliver speeds unmatched by cable or DSL.
As we move forward with the project, there are going to be some changes. The first, and most obvious, is a change to our name. We feel that Wicked Broadband is a better description of our service. Our expanded service is wicked fast, wicked cool and simply wicked. It is truly faster than a flock of flying monkeys. Its flocking fast.
As we expand our Lawrence network further, our members can expect improved network throughput, improved reliability, great local customer service and a continued dedication to serving low income households.
To get the service started right, we've launched a free WickedBroadband hot spot that stretches from 6th & Mass to 11th & Mass. Next time you're downtown, get online and check out the new and improved service.
Over the next several months we are going to work to expand these changes to the rest of our WiFi network, our microwave network and our and Greek and Apartment networks. At the same time, we will be installing a 1,000 Mbps fiber service in some areas of town.
We'd like to thank you for being a member of our project and for your continued support as we work to bring you the best Internet service in Kansas.
Sincerely,
Josh, Kris, Audrey & Maurene
Wicked Broadband
2321 Ponderosa Drive
Lawrence, KS 66046
Ph: (785) 371-4214
http://www.wickedbroadband.com
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| Kris, Maurene, Audrey and Josh |
We made this change because our previous ownership structure was preventing us from accessing the capital we need to maintain and grow our Lawrence network.
Since we made the change on March 31, 2012, we've been able to make over $125,000 in improvements to the Lawrence network. This includes substantial improvements to our network infrastructure, the purchase of over 8 Miles of underground fiber-optic cable, improvements to our tower infrastructure, and funds for marketing our service to expand our membership.
These funds were provided by Emprise Bank under the SBA Patriot Express loan program.
Kris and I have been leading this project since 2005 when our organization consisted of a garage with a pile of donated computers, a WiFi access point and a DSL line. We are proud to have grown the project from its simple beginnings into a city wide network that can deliver speeds unmatched by cable or DSL.
As we move forward with the project, there are going to be some changes. The first, and most obvious, is a change to our name. We feel that Wicked Broadband is a better description of our service. Our expanded service is wicked fast, wicked cool and simply wicked. It is truly faster than a flock of flying monkeys. Its flocking fast.
As we expand our Lawrence network further, our members can expect improved network throughput, improved reliability, great local customer service and a continued dedication to serving low income households.
To get the service started right, we've launched a free WickedBroadband hot spot that stretches from 6th & Mass to 11th & Mass. Next time you're downtown, get online and check out the new and improved service.
Over the next several months we are going to work to expand these changes to the rest of our WiFi network, our microwave network and our and Greek and Apartment networks. At the same time, we will be installing a 1,000 Mbps fiber service in some areas of town.
We'd like to thank you for being a member of our project and for your continued support as we work to bring you the best Internet service in Kansas.
Sincerely,
Josh, Kris, Audrey & Maurene
Wicked Broadband
2321 Ponderosa Drive
Lawrence, KS 66046
Ph: (785) 371-4214
http://www.wickedbroadband.com
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