We offer high speed broadband internet service throughout      South Central Missouri

 News About Missouri's Broadband Efforts

  Please visit  http://transform.mo.gov/broadband/  and check out the Missouri Broadband Now Initiative.  I want everyone to see the efforts being made by Governor Jay Nixon, his staff and independent broadband providers around the state to bring high speed Internet to the rural Missouri families and businesses that are still without a viable option.  These efforts consisted of many people working many hours together in an attempt to secure funding that would allow us to accelerate the roll-out of high speed broadband internet to the many rural Missourians that need and deserve the same service enjoyed by our fellow citizens who reside in the cities and metropolitan areas.

  We are proud to inform you that the Missouri Governor's Office has  partnered with Finally Broadband to support our second round  application for high speed broadband Internet stimulus funding.  I was very impressed with the efforts made by the governor and his staff and proud to be associated with this effort.  The staff was available by phone late evenings and I received email replies on the weekend.  They worked for several months compiling data that we could use to document our applications and assisting us with them.  They solicited the support of Missouri elected officials and many government and private organizations.  Check out this presentation that was assembled and sent to the Department of Commerce and the Department of Agriculture in support of funding applications by Missouri Broadband Internet Providers:  http://transform.mo.gov/pdf/round2recommendations.pdf .

  Having worked day and night (about 1600 hours over 5 months) on these funding applications in round one and two, I can tell you that Missouri was one of only two or three states that made a concerted effort to secure funding for it's citizens.  I don't believe any state's efforts were as noteworthy as the efforts made by our great state.  There were many providers in Missouri, especially in the southern part, that worked hard to secure funding for projects.  I was pleased to see a high number of WISP applications since I believe wireless is the best chance a provider has to offer high speed broadband Internet service to a high number of customers.

  On August 4, 2010 the United States Department of Agriculture approved our application.  All the hard work that we put in on the first and second round  applications, the efforts of the Governor's office and the endorsements that Missouri's Senators and Representatives provided have paid dividends for our great state.  Two applications received approval in the first round and eleven received approval, so far, in the second round.  Thirteen Missouri applications have received approval to date for about 150 Million dollars that will help bring high speed broadband options to Missourians.

Links to Broadband Stimulus Funding Information

  We have several links to stimulus funding websites on our links page.  There is a  link to the USDA press release, a link to the White House press release and a link to the White House project descriptions of the applications awarded in the final round of funding.

Information on Finally Broadband's Funding Effort

  On August 20, 2010 we returned our concurrence letter.  On November 15, we executed our Loan Grant Security Agreement.  On December 15, 2010 we completed our United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) consultation.  On January 13, 2011 we received an email from USFWS which cleared up some language in the consultation package.

  We are still in the process of completing our National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) requirements.  After this requirement is met we can start construction.

 Marshfield - potential access point location   

   We have been busy doing site surveys for the location of our wireless equipment.  It is necessary to perform physical surveys as well as Radio Frequency surveys of all potential sites.  RF surveys insure that there is spectrum available for wireless transmission of your high speed broadband connection.

Broadband Speed.......Did you know?

  Testing by multiple sources has shown that in most cases average users will notice little or no performance increase with high speed Internet connection speeds in excess of approximately 1.2 Mbps.  This is because around this speed the server handling your request often becomes the limiting factor.

  Latency is another important factor.  Latency affects time dependent applications such as gaming and VOIP.  While this type of application has limited bandwidth requirements it requires real-time transmission.

  Our wireless network is optimized for essential Internet use and should prove satisfactory to well over 95% of all Internet users.  We don't recommend our lower tier service for streaming video or other bandwidth intensive applications.  In addition, our Terms of Service prohibit certain operations.  We are a high speed broadband Internet provider not an entertainment provider.  Our wireless network will be optimized for information not entertainment.  During peak usage times, this optimization will be more evident.

Viruses..........Did You Know?

  Computer viruses are much more common than many people realize.  They can make your computer run slower and cause frequent system errors.  In addition they can generate spam from your email address.  The above mentioned problems are only a few of the more benign symptoms and actions caused by malicious code.

  These days computer security is an important matter.   Most of us have information on our computers that we can not afford to have fall into the hands of criminals.  At the very least you should have a good firewall in place and virus software that runs on a regular basis.   We also recommend a program that intercepts changes to the computer registry and requests your input before allowing any changes.

  Quite often an infected computer may be generating spam without it's owner's knowledge.  This spam will cause a network's IP Addresses to be blacklisted.  If this happens the network must take action to get it's IP Address removed from the blacklist.  If this happens to you, you will have to remove the virus before you can continue using your email.

  An Internet service provider, especially a WISP, has to be vigilant in their quest to stop malicious code.  There are many users depending on the maintenance of a safe network for their Internet use.  In addition, each user of the network bears responsibility to do their part to maintain a safe environment.  Please do your part.  We will strive to do our part.

  Network Operations Center - tower location

  Our WISP NOC (Network Operations Center) will be located on State Highway A near Diggins, MO.  This will be the Business Office location as well.  We will be constructing a 195' Trylon STG guyed tower at this location.  We have fiber optic cable passing by the NOC on the North side of the highway.   This will serve as our central location from which to backhaul our bandwidth, on Microwave links, to our various wireless access point locations throughout southern Missouri.