I read in the Robson Valley Times (a great little newspaper published in Valemont,B.C.) where the folks in Dunster, B.C. have received a fibre optic line link-up by way of Telus which will bring them high-speed internet. Then I guess the plan is for a private service delivery company to set up a wireless transmission tower and re-sell the hi-speed service by way of a wireless network. Great idea. So when is the valley of Dome Creek going to get such a service. Currently the community hall in Dome Creek has a hi-speed internet connection but I understand that it is through a Hi-speed satellite link by way of a company called Explornet. I would really look forward to the ability to bring out my laptop in my truck and have access in the Dome Creek valley via a wireless hi-speed internet link. Telus certainly won't provide the link as Telus doesn't even provide cell phone service between McBride and Prince George which is a heavily travelled highway corridor (highway 16 also known as the Yellowhead route) of 200km without any cell phone service in this age of wireless communication. The community hall in Dome Creek is a great meeting place and the Library is also there - the folks in Dome Creek who have set up the community hall and run it on an ongoing basis deserve a great deal of thanks for undertaking this service for the community of Dome Creek. C'mon Telus - get some cell phone service out into the community of Dome Creek - build a couple of cell phone towers in the Dome Creek community to help out these deserving folks. I know it isn't the lower mainland of Vancouver as Dome Creek is up in the north eastern part of British Columbia but they deserve some attention by the cell phone industry as represented by Telus !

Good morning from Dome Creek and the wireless age - we come out here to get away from the hustle/pressures of working in the Alberta oil patch - just catching up on the news from the outside world - they want to have a truce in Lebanon - that would be a nice thing - I am sure the women,children would welcome peace for a few hours - ah but the men - what would they do - restock their weapons, eat, burp and go back to cleaning their guns - perhaps those diplomats who are proposing peace would leave their American Express cards at home and lock themselves in a room and don't come out until you have a deal for actual peace - everyone seems to talk the talk but in reality they factions don't walk the walk. Perhaps the women should go and cut a "peace deal" and leave the men home to take care of the babies/kids, gather food, clean water and provide a roof over the heads of the kids/babies.