December 2017

Why Choose the Coop Approach to Managing Town Owned Networks?

2019-10-21T20:41:00-04:00December 8th, 2017|News, Stories, Top Stories, Get the Latest Info|

Some town officials think of WiredWest as a “Them” like another service provider trying to sell something. WiredWest is “Us.” It’s an approach to procuring services and managing our broadband networks as a team rather than individually. Now that we are nearing the point of putting networks into service, we have a choice of whether [...]

June 2017

April 2017

WiredWest Broadband Solution Workshop – January 28, 2017

2019-10-21T20:41:02-04:00April 2nd, 2017|News, Stories, Top Stories, Get the Latest Info|

This event was designed for members of Select Boards, Broadband Committees and Finance Committees to familiarize them with the details of the newly designed regional operations plan offered by WiredWest in order to weigh it against other options. The plan presented covers operations of town networks after they are built. Since the Last Mile policy [...]

February 2017

Towns Express Overwhelming Support for WiredWest and WG&E at MBI PP Open Meeting

2019-10-21T20:41:03-04:00February 26th, 2017|News, Stories, Notes From the Underserved, Get the Latest Info|

On February, 16, 2017 the Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) held an open meeting to hear from MBI town designees and local Select board members about their thoughts regarding the results of the Private Provider RFP. The meeting took place at the Worthington, Massachusetts Town Hall. Select board members and designees wishing to speak were asked [...]

July 2016

Small towns join forces to bridge the digital divide

2019-10-21T20:41:07-04:00July 7th, 2016|Stories, Top Stories, Get the Latest Info|

Tim Newman (WiredWest Spokesperson and Delegate from New Marlborough) and Bob Labrie (WiredWest Executive Committee, Treasurer and Delegate from Goshen) are interviewed for this piece that showcases the efforts small towns are making to bring high speed internet to rural America. Click here for a link to the story and accompanying transcript. While cable companies [...]

January 2015

WiredWest: Fiber Now!

2017-02-07T07:50:04-05:00January 14th, 2015|Stories, Get the Latest Info|

Local residents, businesspeople, educators, legislators and community leaders talk about the challenges for Western Massachusetts of inadequate broadband – and the possibilities that a state-of-the-art fiber-to-the-home network would offer.

Graham Richard

2015-01-14T17:24:24-05:00January 14th, 2015|Stories|

America’s Broadband Major, Graham Richard speaks to WiredWest about the importance of high performance broadband to job retention, job growth and economic development for a region.

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