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JCWIFI vs. FIBER AND CABLE: KEY DIFFERENCES
Latency
JCWIFI has lower latency*…no wonder even financial traders prefer wireless
*Latency is the delay that occurs when your computer is talking to other computers/servers; for example, you may experience low or high latency (delay) during an online auction or engaging sports game – not good!
Price Support Reliability
JCWIFI offers low, consistent, no-hidden fee pricing compared to fiber and cable providers’ often inconsistent, add-on pricing
JCWIFI is local with friendly, local tech and customer support — not outsourced like a national company
JCWIFI cannot be physically cut so is less fragile than fiber optics where cut lines can result in long outages
SPEED
JCWIFI uses radio waves that travel at the speed of light so your wireless internet is as fast as the speed of light
Visitors (bottom center of photo) are dwarfed by Maquoketa Caves State Park’s largest cavern, Dancehall Cave, a nearly 1,100-foot-long cave with three entrances and a walkway system that was constructed as part of the Civilian Conservations Corps and Works Progress Administration programs during The Great Depression. The cave gets its name from a large cavern off the lower entrance where dances were once held.
CODY CUTTER/CCUTTER@SAUKVALLEY.COM
& PHOTOS CODY SAUKCUTTERVALLEY MEDIA
t one southern corner of the scenic and hilly Driftless Area of the Midwest sits Lake Carroll. Sitting at the other corner is Maquoketa, Iowa.
In between lies 50 miles of inspiration born of the beauty of a region left largely untouched by nature’s slow-moving landscapers during the most recent ice age 12,000 years ago. While a massive ice sheet covered much of the northern continent, a pocket of the Midwest didn’t get the drift — the deposits left behind by glaciers. Without those drift deposits, the land was spared the effects of the glaciers’ retreat northward, leaving behind a region of southern Wisconsin and Minnesota, northwest Illinois and northeastern Iowa defined by its distinctive landscape of roller coaster hills, cavernous caves, deep river valleys and forested ridges.
In between also lies a scenic drive to Maquoketa, a town originally called Springfield when it was laid out in 1838, but changed a few years, after the nearby Maquoketa River, which means “Bear River” in Meskwaki.
The area’s natural beauty has inspired artists through the years, including Grant Wood, whose “American Gothic,” turned a farmer and his daughter and a pitchfork into an iconic work of art. Nearly 100 years ago, the young Cedar Rapids artist championed the scenic legacy of Iowa’s portion of the Driftless Area, and like many artists before and after, came to appreciate its beauty enough to inspire him to put paint to canvas.
Today, Wood’s legacy lives on in Maquoketa, where this city of 6,100 is part of a vibrant arts scene, as well as the Grant Wood Scenic Byway, a 75-mile stretch of road from Stone City to the Mississippi River.
While Maquoketa has put out the welcome mat for the arts, it’s also home to local history, the county seat, recreation, and sights that are worth the one-hour trip from Lake Carroll — chief among them the Maquoketa Caves State Park, where visitors can see a stunning example of the Driftless Area. There’s also no shortage of dining and shopping options to enjoy while you’re there, so let’s turn the page and take a drive west on Route 64 and meander through the hills and across the mighty Mississippi River to this month’s day trip destination ...
Old City Hall Gallery
121 SOUTH OLIVE ST. 562-321-1074
OPEN: 11 A.M. TO 5 P.M. DAILY
ONLINE AT OLDCITYHALLGALLERY.COM AND ON FACEBOOK
Ohnward Fine Arts Center
1215 E. PLATT ST. 563-652-9815
TICKETS AND EVENT LINEUPS AT OHNWARDFINEARTSCENTER.COM AND ON FACEBOOK
Maquoketa’s former city hall houses a collection of artwork by local husband and wife Charles Morris and Rose Frantzen. Frantzen’s works make up most of the museum’s collection. They combine portrait painting with landscapes and scenes of everyday life, and have been featured at, among other places, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Her best known collection is “Portrait of Maquoketa,” a book of 180 portrait paintings of local residents.
The Ohnward Fine Arts Center brings mainstream country and tribute rock acts to town once or twice a month. The venue opened in 2004 and also houses an art gallery. The April 22 concert, “Jukebox Saturday Night,” will feature popular selections of big band swing music from the 1930s to the 1950s; on May 20, the tribute band Shindig will perform popular songs from the 1960s; and “The Gambler,” Kenny Rogers, will be honored by a tribute act performance on June 17.
