WiredWest Documents
(See also Information for Towns & Delegates and Recent Info in the Delegates section for more detailed info.)
Executive Summary of Network Operations and Service Agreement with Cash Flow Diagram
WiredWest Service Agreement with Towns
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between towns and WiredWest
Depreciation Reserve for Internet MLP’s
Warrant Article to Establish MLP Board
Resolutions for Selectmen to sign (2/4/2017)
Suggested Resolution for Regional Broadband
Operations and Maintenance RFI
Plan A2 (see also: WiredWest Regional Broadband Solution )
WiredWest Analysis of the Benefits of Regionalization
Rebuttal to the Statement by the Massachusetts Broadband Institute of December 1, 2015
WiredWest Proposed Operating Agreement (Historical 2-10-2016) (this was the agreement to form an LLC with proportional joint ownership of the network.)
Legal Notes Regarding Regional MLP Operation and Collaboration
MBI – WiredWest Joint Presentation: Solving the Last Mile, Nov 2014 (historical, this was the original Last Mile plan that MBI later rejected)
WiredWest Bylaws (see Recent Info for the latest version)
WiredWest Town Meeting Documents
- Recommended Warrant Article for the creation of a Municipal Lighting Plant (PDF)
- WiredWest & Municipal Lighting Plant information sheet for distribution at town meetings and information sessions
WiredWest Videos
- America’s Broadband Major, Graham Richard Graham Richard speaks to WiredWest about the importance of high performance broadband to job retention, job growth and economic development for a region.
- WiredWest: Fiber Now! 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.
- Massachusetts Towns Form WiredWest Cooperative Video of the August 13, 2011 official formation of the WiredWest Cooperative.
- WiredWest on WGBY’s Connecting Point WiredWest Executive Committee members Monica Webb and Steve Nelson interviewed about the project on WGBY’s Connecting Point.
Fiber-optic and municipal network information
Following is information on fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and municipal networks – and their benefits to communities.
- What is fiber-to-the-home? (Video)
- How FTTH enhances local economic development (Video)
- Publicly-owned networks report
- Nonprofit networks solve rural broadband problem