[Hidden-tech] Municipal Broadband in Northampton
Seth Fischer
seth at woodpelletprice.com
Sun Dec 1 10:29:56 EST 2013
Apparently, the city had a fight with Verizon because Verizon attempted to
put wires in the reserved city part of the poles.
Seth
On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
> 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:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> MIME-Version: 1.0
> > >>
> > >> ** 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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