[Hidden-tech] Municipal Broadband in Northampton
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where would you run the fiber? a foot of space on the telephone poles costs a zillion dollars and you need to weave your way through a hundred miles of bureaucratic red tape to get there. it's so old school and restrictive it's ridiculous.
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> On Nov 30, 2013, at 8:31 PM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
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> At Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:50:51 -0500 Seth Fischer <seth at woodpelletprice.com> wrote:
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>> Well it seems like it's worth more discussion.
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>> I actually wasn't thinking so much about WIFI at this point, but more along
>> the lines of running fiber and have very fast internet access piped to
>> everyone's home/business. WIFI could be an add-on for just downtown and
>> Florence center.
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>> I appreciate the information. Comcast is currently the only game in town
>> and while their costs drop, their prices keep going up.
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> That is the way things currently work in this country. The USA is 11th in
> Internet availablity worldwide. There is a book by Susan Crawford (along with
> an interview with Bill Moyers), that explains the problem with the US's
> telecom industry.
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>> I will be setting up a small meeting to discuss (and flesh out) a little
>> more detail and then possibly a larger forum to expand involvement.
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>> Thanks again,
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>> Seth
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>>> On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Fateh Slavitskaya <fateh at urchn.org> wrote:
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>>> Big diff between muni broadband and muni wifi. Having both would be
>>> great, if the wifi could actually work. -F
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>>>> On Fri, 2013-11-29 at 18:24 -0500, Al Williams wrote:
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>>>> Quite a few municipal Wi-Fi experiments have been troubled - see
>>>> Portland, OR. Shrewsbury offers municipal hard line system.
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 29, 2013 6:13 PM, "Shel Horowitz, Ethical/Green Marketing
>>>> Expert" <shel at principledprofit.com> wrote:
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>>>> Amherst has town wi-fi--might be good to talk to someone over
>>>> there.
>>>> Though frankly, I have had very poor experience trying to log
>>>> on to
>>>> the town wi-fi network from e.g., Amherst Coffee.
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>>>> At 1:08 PM -0500 11/29/13, Seth Fischer wrote:
>>>>> ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the
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>>>>> Hello All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am interested in promoting the idea of Municipal (offered)
>>>>> Broadband in Northampton. Comcast is simply too expensive and
>>>> low
>>>>> speed for the citizens and businesses in Northampton. I
>>>> believe
>>>>> Municipal Broadband would help the residents, as well as make
>>>> the
>>>>> City more appealing to businesses.
>>>>>
>>>>> I believe Northampton is an idea location, as such as large
>>>> percent
>>>>> of the population is within 1 mile of downtown.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have spoken with a City Councillor who expressed
>>>> significant
>>>>> interest in (at least) exploring the idea.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone know any of the issues related to a Municipal
>>>> Broadband
>>>>> initiative?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Seth Fischer
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