While the broadband ball is now rolling, resident Jean Atwater-Williams said she wants to make sure everyone knows where that ball is headed and, in an article in the Sandisfield Times, called for a revote on the new route the town is pursuing.
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Four desperate towns make broadband pact, pitch MBI for funds
The towns of Sandisfield, New Marlborough, Monterey and Tolland decided to share the pain by hiring an attorney who helped them navigate a legal pathway that would allow the towns to bid out the construction of a fiber optic network and sign a 15-year contract with a service provider to operate it.
State picks up pace with rural broadband, ‘ignores’ WiredWest’s efforts to lower costs
Great Barrington, partially served by cable, should get broadband downtown, something Town Manager Jennifer Tabakin has said she is working on. “Great Barrington is our business district. For the town to fulfill its potential, everyone in the business district needs fiber.”
— State Rep. William ‘Smitty’ Pignatelli
Work begins on Alford’s high-speed, townwide Internet network
The town of Alford recently learned that the Massachusetts Broadband Institute will give it $270,000 and also reimburse it for half the cost of getting its utility poles surveyed.
Tiny town of Mt. Washington jumps on broadband bandwagon
“We are charting a new course that recognizes that there is no one-size-fits-all solution for the un-served towns in Western Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Broadband Institute will therefore be moving to a more flexible approach.”
— Peter Larkin, new chair of Massachusetts Broadband Institute
News Briefs: Baker Administration’s ‘Last Mile’ broadband criteria; Lenox CPC public hearing; Dalton Master Plan meeting
The Baker-Polito Administration’s new “Last Mile” project framework offers communities to develop a range of finance, operation, and technology models for connecting residents to broadband service.
News Briefs: New Last Mile Broadband Project leadership team; Senate passes agriculture bill; Hinds opens campaign headquarters
The agriculture bill provides opportunities and protections to current and prospective farmers throughout Massachusetts, increases access and availability of locally grown food products, and invests in educational and agricultural programs to further grow the industry.