Two Technical things we Are Doing to Keep Your Internet Up This is a bit more technical but may be of interest to many of you. LCWA actually has two bulk internet feeds that deliver internet to our 660 active members. One is from a company called CyberMesa and one is from CenturyLink....
More AP's Means Better Performance Here is a problem we run into sometimes. In certain areas of our network, we’ve added so many new members over the years that the Access Point radio serving them is starting to get overloaded. With the increase in traffic due to Covid-19, that issue...
Ten Members Were Chosen Thank you all for your offers to be hosts for our special speed test boxes. There was a very large response to our April 14 email asking for volunteers, and we are very appreciative. Over 50 members stepped up. As mentioned in that letter, we only had...
The Results Are Coming In As you know, members are experiencing slower internet speeds with the COVID-19 crisis causing a big increase in internet traffic. This is due to so many people now working, schooling, and watching videos at home; see this article for more info about that internet overload...
A Backup Plan Is Important We’ve always said that if you have a critical home-based business, job, or other home activity, you should have a backup internet plan in place. And with so many more people currently working and schooling from home due to coronavirus, this advice now applies to...
Many LCWA members are noticing the internet is running slower these days... Your internet might be slower, especially during evening hours. In some places we are seeing from 50% to 75% drops in speed in the evening during prime movie watching hours. Nearly all of that is due to a...
I am sure you have noticed that your LCWA internet is running slower these days, especially in the evenings. That is due to a huge spike in the number of people online in the LCWA network right now and it’s 100% due to the Covid-19 crisis. It’s because many, many people are...
Almost every day our volunteers get questions from members. Many of these are questions that have simple answers already clearly placed on our website. So before calling or writing us, please go take a look at our new website and study it! It’s at www.lcwireless.net. Here are the typical questions...
Our board meetings take place the second Monday of every month. The next meeting is Monday April 13 at 7 PM (today for many of you reading this!). You, as a member, are welcome to attend any board meeting. Don’t be off put by the term “board” meeting. It’s not just...
There is a major system upgrade with up to a 4-Hour outage Friday in the hills above Old Santa Fe Trail. If it affects you, you would have gotten an email about it Tuesday and Thursday. What’s Going On? LCWA is scrambling to respond to the huge increase in internet traffic on our...
