In the aftermath of the attempt to bring wireless Internet service to Chebeague
in 2005, Beverly Johnson and David Hill have continued to seek ways to make
dial-up Internet a thing of the past on Chebeague.
As is so often the case on Chebeague, we finally determined that doing it ourselves would be the only way to make it
happen. So we formed chebeague.net, a Maine subchapter S corporation.
But we realized that we needed help to do it, both financially and
technologically. So we assembled a group of local investors (including
ourselves) to provide us with the capital needed
to get the venture off the ground.
We also enlisted Mainely Wired, LLC to
provide us with bandwidth, equipment and (perhaps most importantly) engineering
and technical assistance. They have helped us get the system up and running
and have trained us and other islanders in how to do new installations and keep
the network running at optimum levels.
Now, with the help of a $75,000 grant from the
ConnectME Authority, we are poised to continue chebeague.net's build out until
all homes on Chebeague Island have access to broadband Internet services.
