3 posts from August 2009

Candido explained the difficulties in getting to this stage and some of the hurdles they had to overcome. But as it was an election manifesto promise they had persevered to reach this stage with a state of the art system which is the first of its kind and price in Almeria province. It is promised that they will charge 1 euro per month for the connection. At the moment it is still free.

Juan the technical guy who installed the system was on Skype phone through the PC that Candido was using so that he could assist with questions.

I do have to apologise to people at the back of the room who I discovered could not hear very well at all primarily because of the acoustics in the room.

To summarise one can connect to the WiFi by clicking on the WiFi icon in the bottom right hand and when the list is populated it will show one connection beginning NS22 (I think) which is our connection. People should be able to connect if reasonably close to and within direct sight line of one of the aerials. If not it may be necessary to buy an USB antennae (about 30 euros online) or even an external antennae (an additional 20 euros) to connect by cable to a USB antennae. The Town Hall is going to try and get someone to be able to assist residents in identifying which connection would be best for them and also try and assist in getting any equipment at a cheaper price through bulk buying. It is a pity that I am on holiday as from tomorrow for about 5 weeks but I will try and sort something out when I get back.

In the meantime I have had contact with an individual who has experience in this field and would be able to provide this service but I have no idea what he would charge. It may be worthwhile contacting him for an idea. I cannot envisage it being expensive as the antennae are only 30 euros. That individual is Mike Gatyne who can be contacted on 687601567. He lives on the main road between Cucador and Llanos del Peral and is well known in the area.

The meeting concluded and a lovely spread of serrano ham, cheese, bread and beer was provided free of charge and, I think, many of those who stayed until this point realised what a great community asset the bar restaurant could be if the right person ever gets control of it but it was nice to see how it could be.

I am now on holiday until the 8th September and I will obviously (according to my wife) not be posting anything until after that date. For your information many other Town Hall employees will be on holiday at varying stages of the next few weeks and Andreas starts a long holiday next Friday until 17th September.

Candido did a presentation followed by a power point presentation by the technical guy who has installed the system. He then took questions after explaining how it worked and how people could connect to it.

We are to hold a second meeting for all the other residents of the municipality (with the exception of Los Menchones, as it will be another month until they are connected) at 8.0pm on Tuesday 4th August.

So those residents of Palaces, Llanos del Peral, Cuesta de los Pinos and anyone who missed the presentation at the Pool bar today are invited to a meeting in the Bar/Restaurant which is on the road between Cucador and Llanos del Peral. Although this building has not yet been taken into use Candido will get Paco to put some seats, electric etc in. This is the building which Anthonio of New Horizons built but which cannot yet be let. You can bring along your laptop if you have one so that you can check the connection.

This meeting is for the residents of La Alfoquia, Los Carasoles, Cucador and Barrio de Chicago. The other areas will be done later.