[Advisors] Q: numbers on community broadband

[Marita Moll]

Hi Ivan. Not my area of expertise either but here is a site someone sent 
me about free wi-fi.  Don't know if there are any ideas in here for you. 
It is U.S. based so some of it truly not applicable.

https://www.mymove.com/broadband/guides/how-to-get-free-internet/ 
<https://www.mymove.com/broadband/guides/how-to-get-free-internet/>

Marita


On 2022-04-07 9:43 a.m., Ivan J White wrote:
> Hello Advisors,
>
> I'm currently trying to get an infrastructure project up and running 
> in my hometown of St. George's and would like some advice on the 
> following...
>
> We intend to enhance the Mi'kmaw Museum Space and turn it into a 
> digital hub for the community, right now it offers free wifi for 
> visitors (on the second floor) and into the parking lot at ground 
> level. We first want to increase the strength and range of that 
> signal. Second, we want to try and give the entire town wifi. 
> Unfortunately, I know little in the way of logistics or technology on 
> that side of things, I'm just a thinker of ideas and a willing set of 
> helping hands after all.
>
> So...
> How much cost is associated with setting up a community-wide wifi service?
> How much cost is associated with maintaining a community-wide wifi 
> service?
> Is there a possibility that someone in the advisor's network can come 
> and speak to the Local Band Council and me about how technology like 
> this could work?
> and lastly...
> Is there any function of this network that could provide some digital 
> literacy training/presentations to local people if we are successful 
> in getting the grant?
>
> Best,
> -- 
> Ivan J White
>
> I am L’Nu, the Mi’kmaw, the First People of Miꞌkmaꞌki. I live and work 
> on the ancestral, unceded, and unsurrendered Territory of the Mi’kmaq 
> People.
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