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Sandyvalley to get newer technology.

Monday, 13 October 2008 16:50 administrator

SkyPilot Extender Air Internet is committed to providing the best service possible in Sandy Valley. We have just made the investment into the valley's future when it comes to internet services. Having acquired the latest technology from SkyPilot, we will begin to deploy and test the network in the coming months. We hope to increase network reliability while at the same time reducing the latency of the network and increasing overall speeds.

The new SkyExtender's that will be deployed will replace the older Cisco radios that were currently being used. Whereas the older Cisco radios provided connectivity to both the customer and the network base using the same channels. the newer units have a dedicated frequency for the backhaul to the network base so that the channels utilized for the customer connection is dedicated to just that. This should reduce interference and increase throughput.

The topology of the network will remain the same in that it will remain a mesh network. This will allow the network to remain robust in nature and in the case of a single node outage, the remaining network will automatically rebuild and reroute traffic around the outage allowing it to continue to operate until the outage has been repaired.

We will announce our test results here on the website once we have them and inform you of the changeover dates etc as those dates become available.

Sincerely,

The staff of sandyvalley.net

Last Updated ( Monday, 13 October 2008 17:17 )

Sandy Valley Cyber Coop Comes to an End

Thursday, 12 October 2006 10:00 administrator

Ten years ago, a group of Sandy Valley citizens started the Sandy Valley Cyber Co-op Association (SVCCA) to provide local access to the internet because no service providers would provide a quality service and we had to pay for a toll or long distance call to gain access to the internet.

svcoop logo In 2002 with the help and assistance of Air Internet in Pahrump, the coop began to offer high speed wireless internet to the community. Air Internet has provided excellent service and support to the co-op during these years to keep the service working.

Because of it's non profit status the coop was very limited in it's ability to invest in newer state of the art systems. The current wireless system was plagued with problems which the coop did not have the resources to solve.

On August 14, 2008, the SVCCA Board of Directors voted unanimously to dissolve the co-op for the following reasons:

There are many options available now for both dialup and high speed.
Problems that cannot be diagnosed are plaguing the wireless system.
The cost of upgrading the system is beyond the co-op’s reach.

The board decided to dissolve the co-op by December 31, 2008. However, because of the detriment this would provide for access to our local citizens, they worked an agreement out with Air Internet to continue to provide service and possibly invest and enhance the network.

Air-Internet in Pahrump will take over the service and will retain the sandyvalley.net domain name and the dial-in telephone number will not change. Dialup service will be transferred to Air-Internet and dialup rates will drop to our currrent monthly rate of 15.95. Wireless rates will remain unchanged.

Last Updated ( Sunday, 14 September 2008 17:10 )