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. 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