Advocates for a public, high-speed municipal network for Northampton Massachusetts
It’s time for Comcast to improve its bottom line again: it’s raising rates. This is welcome news for Comcast shareholders, but likely not for you. For the Northampton area, you can see its new rate sheet effective December 20, 2021 to get an idea of how you will be affected. You will likely find it …
In city elections held on Tuesday, Northampton voters overwhelmingly gave the city permission to create a municipal light plant (MLP). An MLP is a legal entity that can be used by municipalities in Massachusetts to create municipal networks. Based on preliminary results, 7426 Yes votes were cast and 705 No votes were cast. This is …
Two new things to note on the city’s updated municipal broadband page: You can read the order that puts Question 1 on allowing the city to create a municipal light plant. You will see it soon enough on your city ballot. Make sure to turn over the ballot and vote on the question. Naturally, we …
Thanks to all who rose to the challenge to meet our unexpected fundraising gap. You contributed $805 on October 29th and 30th, so we are now at 110% of our goal! We have completely met the additional expense of mailing postcards to all Northampton residents and businesses! All this is thanks to you and your …
Working with Paradise Copies, we emailed a postcard to all Northampton residents. We’ve gotten lots of great feedback on its colorful design and engaging look. It was by far our biggest expense of the campaign but we’re currently $419 short of what we’ve already expended. Can you help us close the gap? Paradise Copies provided …
Today, coalition member Lee Feldscher had a letter published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette on “Yes on Question 1”. You can read it here.
Some updates: For those of you who haven’t or can’t pick up your lawn signs or stickers, we did our best to deliver what we had left to your door yesterday. So check your door or front porch for a sign and/or stickers and post them prominently! We ordered 25 more signs, since requests keep …
Our lawn signs and bumper stickers have arrived and are starting to get posted! This one was posted on Florence Road by a supporter. We have just four signs remaining but tons of bumper stickers. To get some, fill out our form and we’ll provide the details! If we can raise enough money, we’ll order …
We’ve been both amazed and deeply gratified by the response from the Northampton community to our campaign: Vote Yes on Question 1. When we originally decided to fundraise to spread the word about the vote, we didn’t anticipate how much support we would get. We set our sights on doing a mailing to “likely” voters …
The City of Northampton will receive $21,747,984 from the federal government to use to address issues due to the covid-19 pandemic. Potentially some or all of this money could be used to construct a municipal network, since the law allows these funds to be used for (among other things) investments in broadband infrastructure. During the …