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 of...
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 from...
Volunteers upgraded the radios on the RidgeRoad AP, serving our members in the hills above Old Santa Fe Trail. Reason: the area is so hilly we decided to swap in radios that are better tuned to the vertical changes in terrain. As a testament to that, note the view from the...
As we try to help members with various support issues, we often find that many members have forgotten this: LCWA is a volunteer, non-profit, membership organization. That means that you, as a member, are a volunteer too. Even if you don’t volunteer to help others, we expect you to volunteer to...
In August, LCWA tech staff and volunteers added a new major radio backbone link to supply internet to our westside coverage area, which includes Madrid, Cerrillos, and the NM-14 corridor. The result was this: many members in those regions have reported that their Netflix-hour speed dip has now improved or...
Summer is here, and lightning storms are arriving. This could have effects on your internet, so there are things to be aware of and things to prepare. PNM Power can go down, which can cut off internet. And even if your power stays on, the power at our Access Point (AP)...
We recently concluded the long process of adding much greater capacity to the primary internet feed into the entire LCWA network. Up till now, our members’ total demand has pushed us close to reaching our maximum capacity on some evenings. But we now have plenty of headroom to meet demand. That...
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