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

[Matthew Crocker]

As a local service provider I'm eager to use the MBI infrastructure.   I already have two circuits live on the MBI network and will add more as the network comes online.    Leverett MA recently passed through town vote a local municipal fiber to the home build out.  This is a tax payer funded network that will allow service providers to deliver high speed service to every house in Leverett.    The town has to increase its tax rate a bit to cover the build but over all home owners will pay less for their internet and phone service.   Tax + Internet + phone should be less than their current phone + DSL/Satellite Internet .    As a service provider I'm eager to provide internet and voice services over the Leverett network once it comes online.

For Leverett I'm planning full Gigabit Ethernet to every home + unlimited residential voice service.  I have plenty of IPv4 space and IPv6 space to handle a significant network expansion.

I'm ready to provide high speed data and voice services over MBI today.  I recently invested in new core routing hardware so my network can deliver the speeds available on MBI.   I already have a GigE cross connect with MBI in Springfield and can easily increase that to multiple 10 GigE cross connects as customers come online.

I haven't heard of issues with service providers snubbing the MBI network.  It is very hard to sell something that doesn't exist and I expect I'll have a lot more competition in the area once the network is fully operational.  I may be the first service provider but I don't expect to be the only.

I'm interested in Wired West and will absolutely look to provide my services over their network if it is an open network that allows service provider competition.

-Matt


On Aug 9, 2012, at 11:17 AM, Al Williams <palwilliams at northamptontv.org> wrote:

>   ** 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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> Kiernan, all,
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> 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.
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> 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 and Paradise City Press and I also serve on the national board of the Alliance for Community Media.
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> Feel free to contact me if you ever feel the desire to knock around these topics.
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> Thanks,
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> Al
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> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Kiernan Gulick-Sherrill <greenearthcomputer at gmail.com> wrote:
>    ** 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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> 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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> Kiernan Gulick-Sherrill
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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.
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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/
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> 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.  
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> Fiber to the People!  - Reva
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> 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
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> https://hugo.jf-olm.com/~wiretnet/card.php
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> Yours sincerely,
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> Daniel Lieberman
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> Shelburne Delegate to Wired West.
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> 413 489 1818
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