Frustrated with slow internet service and frequent outages? A rural community in Washington state was—enough so that residents decided to take matters into their owns hands. A group of neighbors on Orcas Island, part of the San Juan Islands, rebelled against local internet service provider CenturyLink in 2013 after experiencing regular outages, they built their own service instead—a “community-owned” wireless network it now services about 50 homes. The service currently costs $75 a month with no cap on usage,
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