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Guest Opinion: OPALCO/Rock Island Poles Face Questioning

By |2016-04-16T20:06:16-07:00April 16th, 2016|Categories: Business, Community, Environment, Government/Politics, Island History, News, Opinion, Sustainability|

-- by Alex MacLeod -- As many of you now know, OPALCO/Rock Island Communications is busily putting up poles for its commercial LTE/Internet business, part of its larger Internet/broadband business. These would be bare poles were it not for a deal OPALCO/RIC struck with T-Mobile, which is providing all the gear for the poles. In

Guest Column: Rock Island Progress Report

By |2016-04-13T12:20:50-07:00April 13th, 2016|Categories: Business, Community, Environment, Government/Politics, News, Opinion, Sustainability|

Thank you to the OPALCO Board for their strong leadership -- from Dan Burke, for Rock Island -- With just over one year of being in business, Rock Island Communications has overcome numerous challenges, and has connected close to a thousand islanders to fast, stable and scalable broadband. “In just over twelve months, the Rock

Rock Island Working with T-Mobile to Accelerate Wireless Internet Services

By |2016-02-08T22:02:46-08:00February 6th, 2016|Categories: Business, Community, Environment, Government/Politics, Island History, News, Sustainability|Tags: , , , , |

T-Mobile to offer cellular service in San Juan County -- from OPALCO and Rock Island -- Rock Island will deliver on its promise to bring wireless services to both home and business users in San Juan County via LTE Fixed Wireless by working with T-Mobile USA, Inc. “This is a win-win collaboration. We gain the

Rock Island and T-Mobile Partner to Strengthen Internet Access

By |2016-01-24T10:03:24-08:00January 24th, 2016|Categories: Business, Community, Environment, Island History, News, Sustainability|

-- by Margie Doyle – Rock Island Communications, an OPALCO company, has formed a strategic partnership with T-Mobile to provide LTE wireless services in San Juan County by sharing their collective infrastructure and expertise to the mutual benefit of each organization, according to Rock Island Executive Vice President Gerry Lawlor. Each party has agreed to

Chamber Celebrates New & Booming Businesses

By |2015-10-31T18:52:27-07:00October 30th, 2015|Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Business, Community, News, Sustainability|

 -- by Margie Doyle -- Orcas Chamber of Commerce Director Lance Evans Updated Oct. 31 at 6 p.m. Orcas Chamber of Commerce Director Lance Evans kept the crowd at Rosario's Beach House moving right along last night, as some 140 guests celebrated at the Chamber's Annual Meeting. At the evening's conclusion, the annual

Guest Opinion: Understanding OPALCO’s Broadband Initiative

By |2015-10-15T16:29:55-07:00October 14th, 2015|Categories: Business, Community, Government/Politics, Island History, News, Sustainability|

-- by Joe Cohen --  I would like to comment regarding the ongoing ‘debate’ concerning OPALCO and the Rock Island acquisition and broadband initiative. The question(s) I seek to ask are the following: 1. What was (is) the ‘business case’ for the broadband initiative (and the Rock Island acquisition)? 2. What are the financial and

Rock Island VP Mike Greene Steps Down as Start-Up Operations Solidify

By |2015-10-07T10:54:17-07:00October 6th, 2015|Categories: Business, Community, Environment, Government/Politics, Island History, News, Sustainability|

-- from Dan Burke, Rock Island and Suzanne Olson, OPALCO -- Rock Island Communications founder Mike Greene, who has most recently been serving as Vice President of Technology, has announced that he will be leaving the company as of October 15. When OPALCO purchased Rock Island in February, Greene stayed on to help with the

Community Foundation Grants Annual Awards

By |2015-05-22T13:19:15-07:00May 22nd, 2015|Categories: Community, News|

-- from the program for the Orcas Island Community Foundation (OICF)-- The Orcas Island Community Foundation, with its Partners in Philanthropy, gave out the following awards at its annual Grant Awards Celebration on Monday, May 18: Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services (DVSAS): $30,000 for prevention education program and operations. Funded by Anonymous (2), Helen

CenturyLink Plans Brief Outage Again Wednesday

By |2015-04-20T07:51:20-07:00April 14th, 2015|Categories: Business, News|

 -- from Meg Andrews for CenturyLink -- UPDATED WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 Tonight. [April 15] starting at 11:59pm [CenturyLink] network services will move some of our network traffic onto our new upgraded network facilities. This work activity is scheduled to start at 11:59pm. Customers could be out of service from 5 to 20 mins. Thanks to

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