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. 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. 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