Mayor outlines next steps for a municipal network
Our coalition met Wednesday with Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz and Antonio Pagan, the city’s Chief Information Officer. The Mayor confirmed that he wants the coalition to help draft an RFP …
First phase of study approved. Mayor invites coalition to help draft RFP for study
This post was updated to reflect that the capital fund plan was approved. On Thursday, the mayor’s FY20 capital fund plan was given both a first and second reading by …
Plainfield network construction starts July 15
Plainfield, Massachusetts plans to start construction of its municipal network on July 15th. The network will be built by Whip City Fiber of Westfield, the Municipal Light Plant created by …
First phase of network study: not quite funded yet
Last Thursday, the Northampton City Council approved Fiscal Year 2020 funding (which starts July 1, 2019) for the city’s departments, including the city’s IT Services Department. That department will presumably …
First phase of network study looks likely to be funded
The Northampton City Council is in the midst of debating the city’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget, which starts July 1. Part one was last night. Part two is tonight. The …
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 …
May 23 coalition meeting notes
We met for the first time in a couple of months yesterday. We tried hard to find a public space, but failed. If you have some public space we can …
Editorial: The Plainfield advantage
In our last post, we posted that the town of Plainfield, Massachusetts, population under 1000, approved the construction of a municipal network. It should be finished in early 2020. Residents …
Plainfield voters approve network at town meeting
The 53 of the 472 voters in Plainfield who showed up for the town’s annual meeting approved funding for a municipal network for the town. Service will start in early …
Third Ward 7 candidate supports municipal broadband
Hanuman Goleman of Florence has thrown his hat into the Ward 7 council race. Ward 7 is located in Leeds and parts of Florence. In an interview with the Daily …