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Article RE: N. Michigan Internet providers partnership

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Seven Internet providers announce partnership to develop and expand high-speed Internet in Northern Michigan

http://www.petoskeynews.com/articles/20 ... 156880.txt

Sounds like a good idea. I notice they mentioned area colleges but didn't mention CMU.

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Possibly most of the CMU bio station's high bandwidth connections go to CMU proper and outside Nothern Michigan so wouldn't benefit from the new peering arrangement much? -- I don't know, just speculation on my part. As far as I know CMUBS isn't involved with Central Solutions yet at all and last spring at least, busy with the new facility, weren't feeling bandwidth starved or like they needed to make an immediate change to their existing T1 connectivity. I bet the lighthouse school and the BICS could make use of a cheaper high-bandwidth local peering setup with other Nothern Michigan entities too in the years to come. It's an interesting partnership.
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