A few weeks ago, Santa Fe County experienced a massive snowstorm that brought internet, and in many cases, PNM power, down for much of our membership. When internet goes down, there is only so much our volunteers and staff can do to get it back up. It could be down for...
As you know, LCWA is managed by volunteers from the community, and they work hard to manage all aspects of a non-profit ISP’s business. One recent project our volunteer management team has taken on is to seek grants from the state to expand our internet delivery capabilities. Reason: in the...
LCWA has made a lot of progress this summer and fall in upgrading our weaker backbone components. The result: many of you are seeing greater reliability and speed. We still have a few major backbone locations to go, with the next access point upgrades in Cerrillos and Madrid, and at...
Black Friday is coming soon, and Black Friday sales often emphasize new electronics that can be fun to buy. However, we want to remind our LCWA members that, due to the rooftop radio distribution system LCWA relies on, you should be very careful when considering buying new Wi-Fi routers, extenders, or mesh systems for your home. We all want magic ways to speed up our Wi-Fi. But in most cases, a new router, extender, or mesh system will...
Don't forget that LCWA is a mostly volunteer-supported membership organization with no full time employees. By working smartly, LCWA currently requires only a few part-time volunteers and staff to support our 870 members. Our installs are mostly problem free and our internet tends to work well. But when large regional outages hit,...
The eastside coverage areas include the 285 corridor, the hills above Old Santa Fe Trail, Canoncito, Eldorado, Lamy, and a number of small neighborhoods near I-25. Most of those areas are already enjoying near doubling of internet speeds since last spring. This was made possible by installing the first...
Some of you have volunteered and helped with the new westside distribution point project. We want to thank you all and tell you that project is essentially done---your volunteer efforts have paid off! For the rest of you, what is the new westside distribution point ? Called CLA for short due...
Most Internet consumers, if the run an online speed test, run it incorrectly. How to run it correctly depends on your goal. If you are trying to determine what speeds your ISP (Internet Service Provider; LCWA is your ISP) is providing to your home, then very specific steps must be...
Your May 10 (2024) invoice will reflect a new naming system for our billing speed tiers. Specifically, we are changing the names of each of our subscription tiers to names that match FCC recommended ones. Reason? It gets us ahead of possible upcoming federal regulations. But mainly, it allows us...
