There is no new news, unfortunately. There are a number of citizens who are working hard at finding solutions. Sometimes I wish your elected officials were working as hard as our neighbors.

As far as finances goes, I firmly believe that if the high speed internet was installed it would encourage growth. It’s almost the chicken or the egg, but only almost… The internet service needs to be obtained far more than the YMCA. Just my thoughts…

No new news. I’ve heard that Casual Computing has had problems getting financial backing. I’ve also emailed them a few times and haven’t had responses. I know the LLPOA committee is still working on the issue, but at times I think the county has given up.

A Caroline Progress reporter recently called me to ask about the issue. I think he was surprised to find out that lack of high-speed did affect real estate sales and that buyers would rather look elsewhere if they couldn’t have high-speed internet.

Thanks for the update. The LLPOA committee met last night, but I wasn’t able to go. My understanding is that CC is having issues with financial backing, but that’s just rumors as of right now. The website doesn’t give any real information….

I’m not sure if they are still moving forward in the LLO area since I haven’t really heard anything about what is going on. The terrain there is definitely different then Belmont but at least CC is persistent about getting any problems worked out. We’ve even been able to do video skype in the evenings during heavy traffic times which used to be impossible.

Oddly enough, despite being emailed and notified via this website and the type 500 font on the new boards at the gates, Mr Toy was notably ABSENT from the internet meeting. I guess “life” got in the way again. I will once again note, how easy it is to troll on the internet about your HOA and sit on the sidelines and gripe about something you claim to be interested in, and then take absolutely no initiative in helping with. If Mr Toy has no intentions of participating in the internet committee aside from whining on this message board, that I would rather him shut up and color…however if he has an issue and is a person of action, then he would show up at the meeting. This is a community of several hundred people, neither the board nor the internet committee can be expected to hold someones hand simply because they cannot get their priorities squared away. As I have said before, being a member of an HOA only requires that you pay your dues and keep you property copasetic with the reg…however, to be someone who wants to ensure that they get their input in, the responsibility is on you to get yourself involved.

As I hope you are aware, the LLPOA High-speed Internet Committee is having a meeting tomorrow night (10/21) at 7pm. I hope you will be able to attend! The LLPOA HSI Committee has not been meeting regularly in the last few months, since we’ve been monitoring Casual Computing’s progress.

I don’t know if you’ve been able to reach Jeff Black yet, but I’ll try to answer some of your concerns from your previous post.

I am working with members of the community and the Committee to update the LLPOA web site and keep it current. It’s a work in progress, but it should be updated with current events more frequently going forward. This includes meeting notices and notices of other community events.

LTE was not discussed or proposed at any of the meetings I attended. 3G was discussed, as was 4G – but neither option met the criteria the Committee established for appropriate service to our community. As you are probably aware, 3G IS available to the community from various sources, but its effectiveness depends on individual customer needs – and I’m given to understand that most of our community members find it wanting (although my family uses Sprint’s 3G service with success). Sprint offered the possibility of using our community as a 4G “testbed” (we held several meetings with them), but their plan ultimately required contract enagagement with the POA which would have committed funding that the POA could not legally support.

I will contact you at your email address with regard to your other requests. Please feel free to contact me at darth_vida@yahoo.com. Thanks!

Jeff said that he did try to come onto the blog to join in our chat, but he can’t get the webpage to work for him on dialup or even on his highspeed connection at work. I’m not sure what’s wrong, but I’m trying to figure it out. I just wanted to let you know that he was having technical issues and that’s why he hasn’t responded.