I gotta tell ya, regardless of the subject matter, it is very very refreshing to see a post from a MAYOR on hidden-tech. sorry for the tangent.. but, really... this is just fantastic to see this type of communication going in here. roger-wilco! Regards, Tom Adams from iPhone (413) 575-9707 Director/Owner www.ReelifeProductions.com www.Folktographybytom.com web.me.com/ReelifeProductions On Nov 4, 2010, at 10:56 AM, Davyn McGuire <davyn at davyn.com> wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > Hi Jason - I sent this question along to Mayor Mike - Here was his response: > > Hi Davyn, > > Thanks for the information. I'm the contact for the television license and > for any company that would like to provide cable television service in > Easthampton. Here's a concise reply if you wish to post it back to the > group; > > Federal law provides for open competition among cable television service > providers. That means that if any cable television service provider wishes > to provide television service in any community, anywhere in the nation, they > are free to do so by simply applying for a license. The provision of > broadband service is not regulated and any internet service provider may do > business in any community (including Easthampton) without applying for a > license from that community. Comcast (or any other provider) would be > welcome in Easthampton if they wanted to do business here. The real problem > is, in my opinion, that Comcast and other providers don't want to compete > for the limited business they may get because it's not profitable enough for > them to do so. There is a significant amount of dark fiber running through > Easthampton (Route 10 & 141) right now and access is available to any ISP > who wants to do business. In addition, the Massachusetts Broadband > Initiative will provide even more dark fiber capacity in the 413 area over > the next 18 to 24 months. There are no governmental barriers for real > competition, only private businesses that don't want to, or can not > effectively, compete in the marketplace. > > Mike > miket at mayormike.net > > > On 11/3/10 9:46 AM, "Jason Miranda" <jason at sampw.com> wrote: > >> ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. >> ** If you did, we all thank you. >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> Wanted to check in with anyone here in the Easthampton area who has Charter >> Business Internet. We've been experiencing sporadic outages over the last 48 >> hours. Can't get any answers from Charter other than they are aware of a >> problem with a node in our area, are working on it, but cannot give an ETA. >> >> I've had Charter Business for about 3 mos. I thought paying for the >> business-quality rather than residential would get me better service, but the >> quality of the service and the customer service has been very low. To the >> point that my opinion is that Charter's regard for its business customers is >> as low as the quality of its service. >> >> We connect to another business network via VPN here and we've experienced >> brief outages or hiccups during a typical business day that the VPN connection >> breaks about 5–10 times. >> >> I'm wondering if Easthampton would consider allowing Comcast to offer service >> in the area. Is there a committee through City Hall that deals with these >> negotiates these relationships? I read Easthampton's masterplan for the city >> when we were going through the home buying process. I was impressed with the >> vision, but It seems like if they want to fulfill the goals outlined there >> they need to be an attractive place to live and work for telecommuters and >> people working from home offices. Based on the terrible service I've >> experienced with Charter, it doesn't seem to methat they are is the partner to >> help Easthampton achieve its long-term goals. >> >> Thanks, >> Jason >> >> >> Jason Miranda >> Spoke & Wheel | www.sampw.com >> publishing and media services >> (ph) 413.203.1123 >> (fax) 617.206.9516 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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