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

[Al Williams]

Kiernan, all,

Just FYI, as this can commonly be misunderstood, the reason we have single
provider situations in Western Mass is due to the cost benefit analysis' of
providers.
There are plenty of townships and municipalities in MA with 2 or 3 options
- mostly located in the 495 corridor where density and affluence are
gathered.
Broadband deployment has been allowed to play by an entirely different set
of rules than one of the last big buildouts - cable TV - which was required
to serve rural as well as urban demographics by the federal government.
Also, one of the areas in which people have concern is regarding the
willingness of providers to use the MBI middle mile. I am not implying
anything either way about it, just that the concern exists for some people
who vocalize it regularly at MBI sessions. The Wired West last mile will
depend on those providers that use this fiber.

As an add on, I'd like to throw out the thought experiment that any
grassroots or municipal internet system consider setting aside a percentage
of all provider revenue on those lines for next generation community media.
Currently only television revenues from MVPD's generate public funds for
use of public rights of way. That may very well change when the
Telecommunications Act is revisited - for better or worse.
But I think it is a sound economic, public, and cultural investment.
For full disclosure I am the Executive Director of Northampton Community
Television <http://www.northamptontv.org> and Paradise City
Press<http://www.paradisecitypress.org>and I also serve on the
national board of the Alliance
for Community Media <http://www.allcommunitymedia.org>.

Feel free to contact me if you ever feel the desire to knock around these
topics.

Thanks,

Al



On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Kiernan Gulick-Sherrill <
greenearthcomputer at gmail.com> wrote:

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> 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:
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>>    ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's
>> area.
>>    ** If you did, we all thank you.
>>
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>>
>> 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****
>>
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P. Al Williams
Executive Director
Northampton Community Television
www.northamptontv.org
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