Starting three to four years ago, LCWA standardized on the Ubiquiti airCube router for all new member installs. And it’s now our main recommendation for member router upgrades, too. Using this router at member’s homes leads to several member benefits. And using that router opens a few network wiring...
Board Director Results Board Director elections were held by email to all members, from Sunday March 4 to Sunday March 11; here are the results: --Amy McHugh, Ken Perlow, and Dana Simmons were re-elected as Board Directors. --Julian Winter, and Brian Boyer, are our two newly elected board members. Officer Election Results: Officer elections...
Amazon Prime Day and similar electronic sales are coming up soon, and in celebration, a lot of articles are appearing in major news sites encouraging people to get the latest and greatest internet router models. You should pretty much ignore all those articles. That’s because LCWA, to cover 400 square miles of...
Thunderstorm season is coming, and as a radio network, we might have more outages during those storms. Plus, you could experience internet loss due to issues inside your house. So let’s go over how you should respond during outages. You Are a Volunteer! First, I hope you know that LCWA is...
A few LCWA users are getting Starlink internet service. That’s the Elon Musk satellite internet service that has been slowly rolling out around the US and world and advertises up to 200Mbps service. Two LCWA board members recently got Starlink and are using it as a backup for LCWA...
As of April, 2024, the US government and FCC cancelled the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). This program provided a $30 monthly discount for internet service to families that qualify, mostly based on income. As a result of the cancellation, LCWA will no longer be offering financial assistance.
Hi all, we’ve studied our payment processing efforts recently and we have learned one big lesson: We really want all members to switch their monthly payments to either credit card or debit card—if you can manage it. Instead of using personal checks or your bank bill-pay system. Here’s why: paper checks cost LCWA...
LCWA just made another major infrastructure upgrade. We installed and tuned a high-capacity radio to upgrade our Santa Fe main internet feed to our mountain-top distribution radio cluster. The latter is the point from which internet for our entire 400 square-mile coverage gets spread. Result? We nearly doubled the capacity...
The LCWA board election concluded last weekend, and officer elections were held. Here is our new board and officer list: https://lcwireless.net/home-2/about-us/board/ Notably, we’d like to welcome our new board director, Jack Wikselaar, who was voted onto the board this week. And we’d especially like to thank Mike Ault, the director who stepped...
Dear LCWA Member Starting February 1, our billing system upgraded to a new system. Result: your monthly invoices will look different, and you may or may not make payments differently. Here are the changes: It’s getting simpler: In the new system starting Feb 1, the payment “portal” will go away; instead, you’ll be able to pay right...
