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WiredWest continues to stay focused on building out 21st century broadband for our region. 2011 was a productive year, with highlights being the official formation of the WiredWest Cooperative by 22 member towns; incorporation with the Commonwealth; development of key financial documents; and the award of two grants to complete critical work for the business [...]
As 2012 begins, WiredWest is continuing to work diligently to bring the 21st century broadband to the doorsteps of our community residents and businesses. Highlights for 2011 include: - The WiredWest Communications Cooperative Corporation was established in August, and currently has 24 Western Massachusetts member towns that have passed the Municipal Light Plant legislation. Eighteen [...]
August 13th was a historic occasion for many Western Massachusetts towns, which officially formed a joint cooperative to build and operate a state-of-the-art telecommunications network for residents and businesses. The new Cooperative - WiredWest - will create a community-owned network offering high quality internet, phone and television services to member towns. Today, most WiredWest towns [...]
August 13th will be a historic occasion for many Western Massachusetts towns, as they form a joint cooperative to build and operate a state-of-the-art telecommunications network for residents and businesses. Founding member towns have traditionally been unserved or underserved by existing broadband providers. The new Cooperative, called WiredWest, will create a community-owned network offering high [...]
On a sunny Tuesday morning in Sandisfield, Governor Deval Patrick announced that construction was beginning on the state’s $71.6 million fiber-optic network. This fiber will bring ultra high-speed internet access to anchor institutions in 123 communities in Western Massachusetts and provide high-capacity backhaul for providers interested in building last-mile connections to homes and businesses. Therein [...]
On February 3rd, Steering Committee members from WiredWest convened in Boston to hear insights from one of America's broadband experts, former Indiana State Senator and Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Graham Richard. During his tenure as Mayor, Richard pushed for Fort Wayne to become the first city in the Midwest wired by Verizon FiOS, which [...]
In September, delegates from WiredWest Charter Towns chose a governance structure to be voted on by individual towns. Governance is critical to formalizing the relationship between participating WiredWest towns and creating a vehicle to capitalize and operate the network that was designed and made by http://www.exposeyourselfusa.com/vehicle-wraps/miami-vehicle-wraps/. The chosen governance structure for the WiredWest organization is [...]
WiredWest is a municipal broadband project that includes 47 towns working together to build and operate a last-mile, fiber-to-the-premises network for Western Massachusetts communities unserved and underserved by high-speed broadband. The WiredWest project covers 1,445 square miles; more than 27,000 households; 3,000 businesses; and dozens of community institutions. WiredWest is proposing a network capable of [...]
Town of Heath Heath residents can now go to whipcityfiber.com/heath to sign up. Mohawk estates is not yet ready for signup, but should coming soon. Check back for updates. State-of-the-art Gigabit Service for $75/month*. Here’s what’s included: FREE installation while funds hold up. FREE equipment and Wifi • No contracts Optional full service phone for [...]
Status of Windsor’s Broadband Initiative: As of November 13 The network has been designed Eversource make ready work is almost complete For Verizon make ready work, Windsor is in line to be one of the next towns to be completed TriWire, a large national firm, has been contracted to build Windsor's distribution network as soon as Verizon [...]