ʻO Visionary Broadband kahi ISP i hoʻokumu ʻia e Gillette i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻopili i nā kaiāulu kuaʻāina ma waena o ka mokuʻāina ʻekolu.Mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana i ka waena o 1990s, ua ulu ka hui ma kahi o 200 mau limahana ma nā keʻena nui i loko a i waho o nā limahana Cowboys.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Brian Worthen, Luna Hoʻokele o Visionary Broadband: "Ua haʻaheo ʻo Visionary i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kona noho ʻana ma nā kaiāulu liʻiliʻi a ʻo mākou ka mea mua i lawe i ka broadband i nā wahi e like me Newcastle's Wright a me Lanchester."'Ōlelo ke kaiāulu "hey makemake wau i kahi lawelawe ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma aneʻi, makemake wau i kahi koho, makemake wau i kahi ʻokoʻa a i ʻole makemake wau i ka broadband".i ko lakou aina no ka hooulu ana.“
Mai ka hoʻomaka mua ʻana o Visionary i kahi haʻahaʻa e ʻekolu alumni Gillette i Dekemaba 1994, ua ulu nui kā lākou ʻoihana.Hiki lākou i kēia manawa ma luna o nā kaiāulu 100 ma Wyoming, Colorado, a me Montana a ke hoʻoikaika ikaika nei lākou i ko lākou hoʻomau ʻana i kā lākou misionari e hoʻohui i nā kaiāulu me kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka maikaʻi.kiʻekiʻe wikiwiki pūnaewele.
"I kēia manawa, ʻo ka hapa nui o kā mākou fiber i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Gillette, Casper, Cheyenne, aʻu i kapa ai i nā kiko waena o ka pūnaewele," wahi a Worthen.“Ua pāʻani wale mākou i nā hōʻike 100 ma Sheridan, Gillette, Cheyenne a hope loa ʻo Denver e hoʻonui i kā mākou hiki.Ua hoʻopau wale mākou i kahi hoʻonui i ka makahiki 2018. Mahalo ua hoʻonui wale ʻia ka huakaʻi COVID ma muli o ka hopena a ua mākaukau maoli mākou no laila e hoʻoikaika mau mākou e lilo i hoʻokahi kapuaʻi i mua a no ka hana ʻana i kēia pono mākou e hōʻoia i loaʻa iā mākou nā kumuwaiwai fiber no kēia nā kaiāulu nui."
ʻO ka uwea fiber optic kekahi o nā mea nui o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka lawelawe i ka lehulehu, a ʻōlelo ʻo Worthen e hoʻolimalima ʻia i kekahi manawa mai kahi hui ʻē aʻe a i kekahi manawa i kūkulu ʻia e Visionary ponoʻī.
"No ka laʻana, ʻo Lusk, loaʻa iā mākou ka fiber a hiki i ka hopena, a no ka hilinaʻi ʻana, loaʻa iā mākou ka umu microwave a i ʻole ke ala uila uila," wehewehe ʻo ia."Ranchester a me Dayton, hānai mākou iā lākou i ka fiber.Lagrange, Wyoming, hānai mākou iā lākou i ka fiber [a me] Yoder.No laila ʻaʻole pono ka liʻiliʻi o ke kūlanakauhale, ʻo ka ʻenehana liʻiliʻi.hāʻawi i ka fiber i nā hale 300, a laila, inā ʻaʻohe ala ʻelua o ka fiber a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe ma waho o ke kūlanakauhale, e hoʻohana mākou i kahi loulou microwave laikini i ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe no nā kumu o ka hilinaʻi.
ʻO nā wahi mamao loa, e like me ka poʻe me ka poʻe he kakaikahi wale nō, hiki ke lawelawe piha ʻia e nā pilina uea ʻole ma muli o ke kumu kūʻai paʻa o ke kau ʻana i nā uwea fiber optic.Akā hiki i nā haʻawina ke kōkua i kēia kaʻina hana, e like me ka COVID Relief Fund ma lalo o ke kānāwai CARES, e ʻae iā lākou e hoʻonui i nā lawelawe i nā wahi i hiki ʻole ke hoʻokele waiwai.Ua hāʻawi ʻia nā kōkua hou e ka Federal Communications Commission (FCC), nāna i ʻae i ke kau ʻana i ke kaula iā Lusk, a me nā papahana ma Sublette a me Sheridan kalana.
“ʻO ia ka huina o $42.5 biliona [a] ma Wyoming wale nō, $109 miliona ma o ARPA [American Rescue Program Act] no ka broadband ma o BEAD [Broadband Capital, Access and Deployment], ʻoi aku paha ma luna o 200 miliona mau kālā [a me] hui āu e pono ai. e mākaukau," wahi a Watson."Ua lawe mākou i kēia kuleana a ʻōlelo mākou, 'E lilo mākou i kamaʻāina e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻololi i kēia mau ʻano.'
ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka lawelawe pilikino he mea koʻikoʻi ia i ka holomua a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā hana, kahi mea e haʻaheo ai ʻo Worthen a me nā limahana o ka hui.ʻO kēia ke kumu o kekahi mau mea kūʻai aku e haʻalele i nā mea kūʻai ʻoihana nui.
"Ua haʻaheo ʻo Visionary iā ia iho i ka hana ʻana i nā mea āpau i loko o ka hale: hana mākou i kā mākou kākoʻo ʻenehana, leka uila, a me ka lawelawe mea kūʻai aku iā mākou iho," wehewehe ʻo ia."Ke kāhea kekahi iā Visionary, lawe kekahi o kā mākou limahana i ke kelepona."
Ke hoʻomau nei ka hoʻonui ʻana ma ka ʻāpana lawelawe ʻekolu mokuʻāina no ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā kaiāulu mai kahi mau haneli a i kekahi mau tausani a ʻoi aku paha.ʻO Wyoming i kēia manawa kekahi o nā mokuʻāina maikaʻi loa ma US e pili ana i ka wikiwiki o ka pūnaewele a me ka hiki.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Feb-17-2023
