Groundhog Day? Rural internet firm says Comcast messes up its bill every month, squashing its prospects
Jeffrey Houser launched the rural internet-service provider Rednet by shooting Wi-Fi from ridge-top antennas to customers from Punxsutawney (PA) of groundhog fame to homespun Blairsville (PA). His vision was to bring the internet to rural areas. And all was going well until Rednet connected off-campus apartments for students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, expanding beyond his rural base, but also encroaching on Comcast's turf. And that’s when, Houser says, his company ran into the buzz saw of Comcast’s billing and collections department.