Next steps in a Northampton Community Network
Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz’s proposal adding $80,000 to the city’s capital improvement plan for two years starting July 1 to study a community network is great news. But what does …
Community networks can bring Northampton privacy online: Lee Feldscher
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.
Mayor Narkewicz proposes feasibility study for Northampton community network
Great news! After nearly a year of effort and much coalition building, Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz has added money to the city’s capital improvement plan to study the feasibility of …
A good meeting with Ward 7 counselor Alisa Klein
We met with Alisa Klein last Thursday. Alisa is Northampton’s Ward 7 city counselor. It was a cold day to meet but hot tea and hot chocolate at Bread Euphoria …
Why a publicly owned network in Northampton is a good idea – Cheevers
Ryan Cheevers-Brown, a Northampton High School senior, explains why a city-owned community network has major advantages over a private network like Comcast.
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 …
Why net neutrality is important
Northampton High-speed Community Network Coalition founder Mark Hamill of Florence discusses why net neutrality is important. A community network can provide true net neutrality. Comcast has petitioned the FCC to …
Updated strategy
Our coalition met last night and talked about an updated strategy. In general, we feel we are on the right track. We have at least 460 signatures on our petition …
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 …