[Hidden-tech] Internet Access

[Jeff Mackler]

Holyoke has had municipal fiber for years, but it's terrible. HG&E is a
great electric company but a joke of an ISP. I hope the implementation is
better in other towns.

Whatever you do, don't get Charter - they make Comcast look great.


On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 8:00 PM Daniel Nachbar <daniel.nachbar at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Municipal internet does indeed look increasingly appealing.
>
> Is there a clearinghouse/entity for information on such projects so that
> each town doesn’t have to reinvent the wheel?
>
> On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 6:28 PM Tom Kopec <tek at acm.org> wrote:
>
>> Move to Westfield? /snark
>>
>> My daughter is very happy with their municipal fiber service, she's been
>> on for a month and did the final Comcast disconnect today..
>>
>> Which might be a lesson for other cities and towns 'round these parts...
>> just sayin' ..
>>
>> On 12/29/2017 4:18 PM, HTH Consulting wrote:
>> > I have gotten disgusted with Comcast. I am happy with their high-speed
>> Internet access, Blast, for $79/mo, but I can’t seem to unbundle from
>> everything else. Charter-Spectrum seems to be the only other access in the
>> Northampton area. I will not use satellite ever again. Charter-Spectrum
>> doesn’t seem to offer higher speeds than their entry-level 60. Does anyone
>> know of any other options in my area?
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> > Lesley
>>
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