[Hidden-tech] Help Wired West Bring Broadband to your Community

[Reva Reck]

Right now WiredWest has to focus on it's member towns, most of which have no
real broadband options. Once our network is built and operating in those
towns, we can consider what we want to do in terms of further expansion. Our
bylaws state that we can provide services in non-member towns, but as a
matter of policy, we need to prioritize members. 

 

Towns like Sunderland have the advantage of population density (which is why
Comcast is there and not, for example, in Wendell) but there is also
competition, and you can bet that if WiredWest wired Sunderland, Comcast
would drop it's prices in an attempt to make WW fail there. Another factor
is that businesses, especially medium to large businesses, can really
benefit from the higher bandwidth fiber can offer, and also from the fact
that you can get upload speeds which are as high as download speeds
(symmetrical bandwidth). So a town with a lot of businesses would be a good
venture for WiredWest to consider. 

 

So you can see that it's a complex decision, and the answer to your question
is maybe, it depends. We just don't know right now, and we probably won't
even consider the question for another few years. 

-Reva

 

From: Kiernan Gulick-Sherrill [mailto:greenearthcomputer at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 10:04 PM
To: Reva Reck
Cc: Hidden-Tech Discussions
Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Help Wired West Bring Broadband to your Community

 

What is the current opinion and plan from wired west in regards to the towns
that are already served by Comcast/Charter/verizon, but are limited to that
corporate ownership as their only option?  Will it be expanding to offer
services in towns like Sunderland, etc?




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On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Reva Reck <reva at revareck.com> wrote:

   ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
   ** If you did, we all thank you.



 

Thank you, Daniel for letting hidden-techies know about this. I would just
like to clarify that WiredWest is looking for people to IN WIREDWEST TOWNS
to sign the support form, which basically says that you're interested in
getting service from WiredWest when the network is built. There is a map of
WiredWest towns on our website -
http://wired-west.net/participating-towns/regional-map/

 

Whether or not you live in a WiredWest town, you can support WiredWest, and
the economic development it will fuel in western Mass., by reaching out to
your friends who live in one of our towns, volunteering, or donating seed
money to the cause.  

 

Fiber to the People!  - Reva

  

 

From: lieberman.daniel52 at gmail.com [mailto:lieberman.daniel52 at gmail.com] On
Behalf Of Daniel Lieberman
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 8:24 AM
To: Hidden-Tech Discussions
Subject: Help Wired West Bring Broadband to your Community

 

Over 40 towns have come together to build a high speed broadband network to
connect all of Western Massachusetts to the world. If you live in Western
Mass, please fill out the form to help Wired West bring broad band to your
community.

 

If you're not sure what Wired West is about, or if your community is one of
the towns in the network, please visit http://wired-west.net/ for more
information, or feel free to contact me.

 

If you're interested in bringing broadband to your community, completing
this form helps demonstrate the need for the WiredWest network in your town.
The more support generated, the sooner we can build the network in your
area.

 

https://hugo.jf-olm.com/~wiretnet/card.php

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Daniel Lieberman

Shelburne Delegate to Wired West.

413 489 1818 <tel:413%20489%201818> 

 


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