Advocates for a public, high-speed municipal network for Northampton Massachusetts
Monday a number of local leaders participated in a virtual forum on municipal networks. Two members of the Northampton City Council attended: Bill Dwight (councilor at large) and Gina-Louise Sciarra …
We spoke with the city manager of Sanford, Maine a year ago when we were looking into what cities of similar size to Northampton were doing. In Sanford’s case, they …
Here’s EntryPoint Network’s Jeff Christensen’s complete presentation last Thursday to members of the Northampton High-speed Network Coalition and interested members of the public. One hour and forty-seven minutes were recorded. …
Jeff Christensen and his company, EntryPoint Networks, is helping communities create entrances to the Internet using municipal networks that are open to ALL service providers. This approach dramatically reduces costs, …
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 …
Last night, the Northampton City Council gave final approval to the mayor’s capital plan for FY20 – FY25. The plan includes funding for a study of a municipal network for …
This TED Talk by Jeff Christensen is good and worth thirteen minutes of your time. The idea of citizens becoming owners of their data networks instead of renters is one …
Note: This post was updated to note the City Council’s approval was in concept. Last night, the Northampton City Council approved in concept funding for a study of a Northampton …
Florence resident Lee Feldscher discusses the powerful privacy advantages that a community network could bring residents of Northampton. Lee owns Northampton IT, a local information technology business.
Ryan Cheevers-Brown, a Northampton High School senior, explains why a city-owned community network has major advantages over a private network like Comcast.