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GREENFIELD — U.S. Sen. Ed Markey stopped by Greenfield City Hall on Tuesday afternoon to meet with Mayor Roxann Wedegartner and Local Linx, a company that operates the MassBroadband 123 network in Western and Central Massachusetts, to discuss...
Towns ask state to improve reliability of ‘middle mile’ internet network Published: 4/22/2021 10:41:25 AM Citing recent problems, leaders of more than a dozen publicly owned broadband systems are asking a state tech agency to make the “middle mile” network more reliable, preventing service gaps that leave people in rural areas without phones as well as internet access. The state, in response, says towns are in a position to find solutions as well, by working with the network’s operator and their internet service provider. “It’s going to take some money and some time, we ac...
Citing recent problems, leaders of more than a dozen publicly owned broadband systems are asking a state tech agency to make the âmiddle mileâ network more reliable, preventing service gaps that leave people in rural areas without phones as well as internet access. The state, in response, says towns are in a position to find solutions as well, by working with the networkâs operator and their internet service provider. âItâs going to take some money and some time, we acknowledge that,â Jim Drawe, executive director of WiredWest, wrote in a letter this week to Caro...