Comcast’s local business rates quantified
Back in March, we provided an idea of the costs for businesses in Northampton to get high-speed Internet service from what is pretty much our sole supplier: Comcast. Now we …
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Northampton business survey sent to Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce
Monday, the Northampton High-speed Community Network Coalition completed a business survey for members of the Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce. Soon to be retired executive director Suzanne Beck has promised …
Jeff Christensen speaks in Florence on how to do community networks right
Jeff Christensen of EntryPoint Networks spoke Thursday night at FreePress in Florence. His topic: how to build municipal networks right. The two-hour meeting was taped by Northampton Community TV and …
Think your internet service costs too much? Be glad you aren’t a business
Many of us living in Northampton are outraged by the prices Comcast charges for high-speed Internet access. Not only are their most popular plans like the “up to” 15mbps (megabits …
Additional 5G concerns
Is 5G a good reason for Northampton not to build a community network? In previous posts we started to examine the 5G issue. There is some confusion about what 5G …
Fiber is forever
Matthew Crocker of Crocker Communications is on our email list. Crocker was kind enough to come to some of our early meetings last year. Crocker does a lot of work …
Would 5G make a community network unnecessary?
Note: This post has been updated January 27, 2019 to correct some information. We’ve gotten some feedback that emerging 5G wireless technology would make a community network unnecessary. Is this …
We added GCET pricing to our table of prices
Thanks to supporter Crispin who provided us with pricing on the Greenfield, Massachusetts community network GCET. You can see their plans and rates in the updated table below. One thing to …
How much would you save with a Northampton Community Network?
One thing is clear: if the City of Northampton builds a community network, subscribers should save boatloads of money. Comcast’s effective monopoly on Internet services in Northampton is very profitable …
70% of Americans support community networks
During our research for Mayor Narkewicz, we found this interesting Pew survey from 2017. A substantial majority of the public (70%) believes local governments should be able to build their …