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The Trinity County Wireless Initiative is a project started by members of the community who recognized the need for high speed internet and internal networking within Trinity County. The Trinity County Wireless Initiative's network, dubbed TCWINet, provides internet service sold to the public at-cost, and also has the ability to link county agencies and businesses across the county. A combination of technologies allows us to bring internet service to areas not covered by conventional services. The Trinity County Wireless Initiative is sponsored by Velocity Technology Cooperative, Inc. |
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June 13, 2004
September, 2004 Velocity Technology acquires use of a radio vault on Oregon Mountain.
November, 2004 Travis applies to Trinity Public Utilities District for funding through the Community Investment Program.
December, 2004 Velocity Technology installs radio equipment on several water towers in Weaverville, and begins "beta" testing of the signal to several users.
February 2005 Travis begins shopping for a T-1 connection for Velocity Technology.
March 5, 2005 Velocity Technology purchases nearly $2000 in new wireless equipment for backhaul and client links.
April 25, 2005 Trinity PUD Board approves Velocity's application for Community Investment funds.
May 9, 2005 T-1 is ordered and scheduled for install.
June 9, 2005 T-1 is installed at Velocity Technology.
June 28, 2005 Trinity PUD crew assists with installation of wireless hardware at our repeater site on Oregon Mountain.
June 29, 2005 Erik and Travis sucessfully link Velocity to Oregon Mountain.
July 5, 2005 Trinity PUD crew sets a pole and assists with hardware install at our Reading Creek Tree farm site.
July 6, 2005 Trinity PUD crew sets a pole and assists with installation at our Top of the Grade site.
July 12, 2005 Travis begins doing
wireless installs for the public. The radio at Velocity is also upgraded
to handle more traffic.
May 18, 2006 Travis brings the Top of the Grade
repeater online, enabling service for Poker Bar and Top of the Grade, as well as portions
of Lewiston and Steel Bridge Road.
November, 2006 Travis begins switching customers over
to newer radio equipment to address the "hidden node" problem.
February, 2007 Seth and Travis install and bring the
Lewiston repeater online enabling coverage for most of Lewiston.
April 30, 2007 Travis installs a new router allowing for quadruple
our current capacity. A second T-1 is terminated doubling capacity.
June 14, 2007 Velocity requests and is assigned a second
full Class C IP subnet as the current one is almost completely used. This will help meet the demand as
service expands into other coverage areas.
June 15, 2007 Travis receives new 900 mHz radio equipment to test
for better coverage. If this equipment works as expected, we'll be able to provide service in hard-to-reach
areas not served by our current system. We hope to convert our entire network to this equipment in time.
July 3, 2007 Trinity County Board of Supervisors approves lease with
Velocity Technology to install a wireless repeater at the Hayfork Solid Waste Transfer site.
August 19, 2007 Travis installs a new 900 mHz repeater to service the Deerlick
Springs area.
September 1, 2007 Travis installs a new 900 mHz repeater to service the Hayfork
Valley.
August, 2007 Travis begins working with the Hoopa Community Association to establish a wireless repeater site for the Hoopa area.
November, 2007 Travis and Erik begin construction on the Hoopa repeater.
January 1, 2008 Travis and Steve bring the Hoopa repeater online.
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Updated March 8, 2008
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