Mayor and City CIO to tour Westfield’s community network
Take this news as unofficial since it comes from an inside contact. We have learned that Mayor Narkewicz and the City of Northampton’s Chief Information Officer Antonio Pagan will be …
How much would you save with a Northampton Community Network?
One thing is clear: if the City of Northampton builds a community network, subscribers should save boatloads of money. Comcast’s effective monopoly on Internet services in Northampton is very profitable …
August 2nd meeting update
We met last night at NCTV, just a few of us as many regulars were on vacation or were unavailable. Our central concern is how to move a community network …
Mayor Narkewicz: hang on a few more weeks
On May 21, after a meeting with the mayor, city CIO Antonio Pagan, Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Suzanne Beck and the coalition, at the mayor’s request the …
Reminder email sent to Mayor Narkewicz
Our email to the mayor with proposed surveys was sent to him on June 18. Since we have not heard from the mayor in four weeks, we sent him another …
Thursday’s coalition meeting canceled
This is because there is little to discuss as we are waiting on feedback from the mayor about our surveys for a community network. We still plan to meet August …
Surveys completed and sent to Mayor Narkewicz
We achieved something of a milestone today: completing business and residential surveys that we hope Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz will use to survey both communities. The business survey was vetted …
June 7th meeting report
We were glad to welcome three new attendees at our meeting yesterday. Together we tackled draft residential and business surveys on a Northampton Community Network for release by the City. …
Survey development underway and meeting reminder
A reminder that there will be a meeting of the Northampton High-speed Community Network Coalition from 7-9 PM this Thursday at NCTV, which is behind Northampton High School. Do not …
70% of Americans support community networks
During our research for Mayor Narkewicz, we found this interesting Pew survey from 2017. A substantial majority of the public (70%) believes local governments should be able to build their …