Gilchrist deserves better internet!


Gilchrist deserves better internet!
The Issue
This is enough!
People are tired of paying an arm and a leg for third world internet from at&t, viasat, and hughs net. I have asked the community what they are paying…it is just to much. Prices varying from $40 to $175 dollars a month. For anywhere between 3 megabits a second to 25 megabits a second (and the community members that get 25 mbs report that their speeds are nowhere close to that.)
A community that is forgotten about.
At&t has bought out bell south in December 29, 2006 a little under 13 years ago….and all they have done is preventative maintenance and no upgrades. Everyone’s service has virtually been untouched.
What can we do about this?
Small towns around the country are taking this in to their own hands. By building a wired network to every resident in its county. At no charge and charging anywhere between 25 and 50 dollars a month for speeds ranging from 100-200 megabits a second download.
Who will this help?
School students who don’t have dependable rides to the library to do their homework. Students who have online college. Even our own schools being able to browse the web from their work. Are own business owners being able to communicate with their customers in this ever growing dependents for the internet. So what I am saying is Gilchrist country is being Left behind. With us paying less but better internet we can use that money and spend in local business.
We are tired of being forgotten about and demand BETTER INTERNET FOR ALL!!!

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The Issue
This is enough!
People are tired of paying an arm and a leg for third world internet from at&t, viasat, and hughs net. I have asked the community what they are paying…it is just to much. Prices varying from $40 to $175 dollars a month. For anywhere between 3 megabits a second to 25 megabits a second (and the community members that get 25 mbs report that their speeds are nowhere close to that.)
A community that is forgotten about.
At&t has bought out bell south in December 29, 2006 a little under 13 years ago….and all they have done is preventative maintenance and no upgrades. Everyone’s service has virtually been untouched.
What can we do about this?
Small towns around the country are taking this in to their own hands. By building a wired network to every resident in its county. At no charge and charging anywhere between 25 and 50 dollars a month for speeds ranging from 100-200 megabits a second download.
Who will this help?
School students who don’t have dependable rides to the library to do their homework. Students who have online college. Even our own schools being able to browse the web from their work. Are own business owners being able to communicate with their customers in this ever growing dependents for the internet. So what I am saying is Gilchrist country is being Left behind. With us paying less but better internet we can use that money and spend in local business.
We are tired of being forgotten about and demand BETTER INTERNET FOR ALL!!!

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Petition created on April 21, 2019