[Hidden-tech] Municipal Broadband in Northampton

[Fateh Slavitskaya]

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:
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> Quite a few municipal Wi-Fi experiments have been troubled - see
> Portland, OR. Shrewsbury offers municipal hard line system.
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> On Nov 29, 2013 6:13 PM, "Shel Horowitz, Ethical/Green Marketing
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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.
>         
>         At 1:08 PM -0500 11/29/13, Seth Fischer wrote:
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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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