[Hidden-tech] Municipal Broadband in Northampton
Robert Heller
heller at deepsoft.com
Sun Dec 1 08:32:15 EST 2013
At Sun, 1 Dec 2013 08:23:53 -0500 "tom's gmail" <tomadams at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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.
The city *could* take the poles under 'eminent domain'...
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom Adams,
> Chair of Williamsburg Technology Cmte
>
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> > On Nov 30, 2013, at 8:31 PM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
> > ** If you did, we all thank you.
> >
> >
> > At Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:50:51 -0500 Seth Fischer <seth at woodpelletprice.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.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Well it seems like it's worth more discussion.
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> I appreciate the information. Comcast is currently the only game in town
> >> and while their costs drop, their prices keep going up.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> Thanks again,
> >>
> >> Seth
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Fateh Slavitskaya <fateh at urchn.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
> >>> ** If you did, we all thank you.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Big diff between muni broadband and muni wifi. Having both would be
> >>> great, if the wifi could actually work. -F
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On Fri, 2013-11-29 at 18:24 -0500, Al Williams wrote:
> >>>> ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's
> >>> area.
> >>>> ** If you did, we all thank you.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 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:
> >>>> ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the
> >>>> member's area.
> >>>> ** If you did, we all thank you.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 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.
> >>>>
> >>>> At 1:08 PM -0500 11/29/13, Seth Fischer wrote:
> >>>>> ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the
> >>>> member's area.
> >>>>> ** If you did, we all thank you.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 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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