Advocates for a public, high-speed municipal network for Northampton Massachusetts
The city’s Committee on Community Resources met last Monday. Representatives from Gateway Fiber attended. The company attended to meet members of the City Council and to explain their initiative to …
You may have seen commercials or articles touting Gateway Fiber’s plans to bring high speed fiber optic internet to Northampton. You may have also been wondering why our coalition has …
We’ve gotten a number of requests for a summary of a community broadband meeting with Mayor Sciarra on Wednesday. We were hoping the press would be there and report on …
From the mayor’s office today: NORTHAMPTON – Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra has released the Broadband Feasibility Study, prepared by Design Nine, Inc. A presentation and community discussion of the findings are scheduled …
If you want to see municipal broadband in Northampton, make plans to attend this meeting with the Mayor Sciarra on 9/20 at 6:30 PM. You can attend in person or …
A few posts back we noted that T-Mobile Home Internet might be an option for “high speed” internet for some in Northampton. It does not appear to be widely available, …
The City of Easthampton is partnering with GoNetspeed to bring fiber internet access to residences starting in 2024. As you may recall, Easthampton voted to allow its city council to …
We get regular queries on the status of a municipal network for the city. Unfortunately we have no news to report at present. We are eagerly awaiting the city to …
On Thursday, our coalition met virtually with Mayor Sciarra. The Mayor thanked our coalition for helping move a municipal network forward. She brought us up to date on where the …
During a virtual meeting on Zoom with Northampton Neighbors on Monday, Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra answered some of our coalition’s questions regarding a municipal network. Watch the video below. It only …