[Hidden-tech] Municipal Broadband in Northampton

Seth Fischer seth at woodpelletprice.com
Sat Nov 30 11:50:51 EST 2013


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. 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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