Broadband meeting summary
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 …
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Virtual Western Mass forum on community broadband shows many towns and cities are exploring municipal networks
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 …
Jeff Christensen’s complete presentation in Florence
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 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 …
Meet Jeff Christensen this Thursday at FreePress in Florence
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, …
City Council approves in concept study of Northampton Municipal Network
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 …
Can you join us Thursday at 7PM at City Hall?
If you have been following us, you know that on February 7, the mayor announced on Facebook and Twitter that he proposes spending $80,000 in FY2020 and FY2021 to study …
57 new petition signatures today!
It was a miserable day for a Hot Chocolate Run in Northampton today … steady rain and temperatures not far above freezing. That did not keep thousands of runners and …
First outreach resulted in 88 paper signatures
We had our first outreach event this morning from 8 AM to 12 PM in downtown Northampton, next to the farmers market. We set up our awning at Gothic and …
Outreach and petitioning set for 11/10 and Hot Chocolate Run
Yea! We’re all legit! If you attend the farmers market at the corner of Gothic and Main Street downtown this Saturday, we’ll be there when the market is open from …