White-hot 10M Internet?

Petition To Make It Happen NOW!

Frequently Asked Questions

"How much is this costing my Township?" Not a penny. This is a grass roots, word of mouth campaign using the internet to speed things up.

"Yeah, I want faster internet and so do a lot of people I know. What's in this for you?" Exposure. I'm a freelance Search Engine Optimization consultant (publicist), and this is a very good way to showcase my skills while helping many others solve the pressing problem of slow internet.

"I'm ok with dialup. Why would anybody need faster internet?"

Having the fastest residential and small business internet speeds in the world offers the greater Barry County area many advantages-

Thousands of online gamers enjoy distinct tactical and strategic advantages. This aspect alone can bring people and tournaments to Barry County, raising property values and local governments' revenues, possibly lowering your property taxes.

Want your kids and their friends to hang at your place instead of who knows where? Even a 2M connection will do wonders for their safety.

a 10M (or higher) speed connection can save an employer anywhere from a week to a month of payroll per year.

Speeds of this magnitude can bring jobs to the Hastings and Barry County area as savvy corporations squeeze out waste by locating call centers, distribution, and manufacturing facilities about the same distance from nearly half of Michigan's population. This can shorten your daily commute and even reduce your property taxes. Yeah.

"WOW. Just how fast can we go?" The internet backbone connections that I want to bring to the Hastings and Barry County area (Not just the densely populated cities)will do a staggering 10Gb/second each. That's enough for 1,000 10M downloads at the same time.

We're planning to put an internet on ramp right here in or near Hastings with several of these connections directly to Grand Rapids, Detroit, and Chicago. This can be scaled up in speed and number of users by adding connections.

Since most of the internet seems to be in California, one or more direct connections to Chicago will take us there in only 1 bounce. Not only is this faster, its also much more secure. Sweet.

Possible locations include M-43/37 just east of Walmart, and the former Plumb's store.

"Why doesn't anybody else provide this kind of speed?"

Because global corporations make their money by slicing the pie as thinly as their subscribers will put up with. Their outlook seems to be about protecting profits by providing only what is required. I call this the high cost of public capital.

Businesses with extremely deep pockets can get it right now by running a cable all the way to GR or Detroit, but when speed becomes mission-critical, businesses relocate to places like Chicago.

Got any more freebies in store? As a matter of fact, I do. I've seen a lot of sites claiming to be legitimate work at home / start your own business. They prey on people who need mentoring mostly for the sustained focus that it takes to succeed in business or in life. If you've ever been disappointed trying to diet or quit smoking, you know how that story ends up.

I'm available to help your group get a foot-hold in online business-building on weekends. Just give me a call at (269) 744-6992. Nine to noon works best, please.

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Last updated 11:10 4/20/08

Matthew Wood