Which of these locations in Washington do you like best?

[StealthRabbit]

North Bonneville or Stevenson, WA

both are 'wired' due to Bonneville Dam. N Bonneville has T1 + Fiber

in the center of a different rain forest (check out the Carson ranger station, and rain forest research !)
1.5 hr to BEAUTIFUL PUBLIC beach...waves, cliffs, and rocks and stuff like that (and highly accessible ... OR... entire state coastline is PUBLIC ACCESS, no sacred Indian or rich people domain..., )
less than 1 hr to GREAT airport (PDX), skiiing (Mt Hood, downhill or Mt Adams, XC) or Volcano Mt St Helens
30 min to Hood River or east Portland
5 minutes to wind surfing / fishing / swimming / hot springs / hiking / Pacific Crest + the WHOLE Columbia Gorge !!, not crowded, hundreds of miles of trails


I did the drive to Bremerton (3 hrs) for elder care for ~10 yrs, sometimes 2x per day, but usually 1 - 2x/wk.

[509]

Originally Posted by Sobefobik

I would have never thought that Wenatchee had more fiber than Seattle. Where can you find that kind of information, like a fiber optic map? I've tried to find it but haven't.

Seattle is a backward community. They like to talk and posture about the future, but it never comes there. My daughter is over at the UW and cannot believe how bad the service is in Seattle. I think she has a new found appreciation for eastern Washington.

Chelan County had a fiber map at one time. Here is their fiber site, but I think you need to know an address to see if it has fiber. You probably should call them and talk to the fiber department.

https://fiber.chelanpud.org/euedu/

Here is the map for Grant County...

Grant County PUD Customer Service

I would contact the following PUD's. Chelan, Douglas, and Grant County for more detailed information.

Having had fiber for the past four years I would not move to a location without it.

Not sure about Spokane. But their free downtown WiFi access is pretty cool.

[509]

Almost forgot. Probably the largest WiFi Cloud in the United States covers southeast Oregon and parts of Washington. It is just outside the area that your interested in living.

Here is an article in USA Today from almost five years ago. They do into the issue of why technology is so far advanced in some rural areas versus urban areas.

USATODAY.com - Biggest Wi-Fi cloud is in rural Oregon

Basically, comes down to corrupt government officials. I do know in Washington state Governor Locke and the Democratic Party tried to stop fiber deployment in central Washington because Verizon was one of their major contributors. Fortunately, at that time Washington still had divided government and the deployment went forward, though set back by several years.

As people say we have the best government money can buy!!!

[Sobefobik]

Thanks 509 for the maps! It really does help in my decision. I need to get a hold of Spokane too to see what their fiber (if any) is like.

I'll have to check out Stevenson too. I've been there once before, but I don't really remember it.