Wow, this is great! I did notice, however, that there are not any towns on the main "corridor" that have joined in. This seems like a great alternative to Comcast, Charter, etc... hopefully towns such as NoHo, Greenfield, etc would also see this as an opportunity to bring in future-proof infrastructure improvements at a time when the future of open and democratic communications are unsure. On Apr 10, 2010, at 3:59 PM, Reva Reck wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's > area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > Those of you who live in western Mass. towns with limited or no > broadband should know about an exciting new initiative to bring > fiber optic cable to anyone with a landline phone or grid > electricity in participating towns. WiredWest will be a municipally > controlled, non-taxpayer funded company offering really fast > internet, hdTV, and phone services. Over 30 towns have placed > articles on their town meeting warrants to join together to create > this network. > > To see if your town is involved, and to learn more about this > effort, visit http://wired-west.net/ > -- > Reva Reck > reva at revareck.com > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion > list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20100412/a340e36d/attachment.html