Pros and cons of fiber to the home
While our coalition wants the city to create a municipal network, we also see our role as part educational. That’s because some of us work in the IT industry. In …
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Funding a municipal network
Our coalition has been looking at funding models for a Northampton municipal network. The Ammon, Idaho funding model One intriguing idea is being used in Ammon, Idaho. Its municipal network …
This small business could use fiber to the home
One of us, Mark Hamill, owns a small business in Florence selling his internet services to clients over the web. Today he encountered an instance where Comcast’s slow upload speeds …
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 …
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 …