[Hidden-tech] Municipal Broadband in Northampton

Robert Heller heller at deepsoft.com
Sat Nov 30 20:31:51 EST 2013


At Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:50:51 -0500 Seth Fischer <seth at woodpelletprice.com> wrote:

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> Well it seems like it's worth more discussion.
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> 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.
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> 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.

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> 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.
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> Thanks again,
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> Seth
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> On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Fateh Slavitskaya <fateh at urchn.org> wrote:
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> > Big diff between muni broadband and muni wifi. Having both would be
> > great, if the wifi could actually work. -F
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> > 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
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> > > 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
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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:
> > >         >    ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the
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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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