Canopy is here!

Our next generation service is now operational at Thorodin North, Sugarloaf and Janelle with a number of our subscribers enjoying the benefits of faster service, increase reliability and secure data encryption. These new radios run at 5.7GHz in parallel with our initial 2.4GHz WiFi service, so members who want to remain with our slower WiFi service will slowly begin to see increased speeds as the WiFi system becomes less overburdened. The Canopy by Motorola platform’s upload and download speeds are as fast as or faster than virtually every other service available today and the potential to offer an incredible broadband experience is inherent in the Canopy system. Canopy will be the technology of choice for our new members. Email us to find out more.

MRIC's New Web Site

MRIC has needed and has, in fact, been working on a new public web presence for years. Katrina Harms made tremendous improvements in our web presence when she designed the present site 5 years ago, but it hasn't kept up with the times. Building a web site is no small task and while Katrina was able to provide time to build the site, we usually end up on the bottom of the priority list for volunteers getting bumped when something that actually pays comes along. In short, it hasn't worked.

Part of the problem is our web presence presents some technical challenges due to the wide range of other services running on our now antiquated web server under the MRIC domain names.

This site is a new approach to changing our web presence. It is simply a new front end to the old web presence; you will find links to familiar place on the old web site to the right. The different url is transistional, allowing this page to run on a far more sophisticated web server while we transition other services to new servers to free up our standard urls. Additionally, rather than taking on a huge web design project, our volunteers will be able to make incremental improvements to our web presence and still be free to take on projects that actually paid their bills. Feel free to tell the web team what you think of the new site on the MRIC Project Manager or by emailing the Web Team.

Ric Turley Rejoins the Board of Directors

The BoD has appointed Ric Turley to complete a vacated term. Ric was one of the founding board members, serves on our support team and manages our web presence. His history with MRIC, understanding of the technology and solution oriented approach to problems make him a welcomed addition to the board.