Massachusetts says "No" to Microsoft
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is considering a move away from Microsoft Office and toward Open Source products like Open Office. Microsoft's proprietary XML formats that are being used in current...
View ArticleBoston goes with open access network
The City of Boston has decided to develop an open access wireless network for the city. This project might actually succeed where many other communitywide wireless projects have struggled. Boston has...
View ArticleWired West chooses governance structure
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...
View ArticleWiredWest: Big Broadband is "...single most important driver of economic...
WiredWest, the consortium of 47 towns in western Massachusetts that has been developing an ambitious plan to take fiber to every home and business that requests service in the WiredWest region, has...
View ArticleWiredWest now officially a municipal coop
Design Nine has been working for the 47 towns that make up the WiredWest region of western Massachusetts since early 2010. Last week, 22 of those towns officially formed a municipal coop, as allowed by...
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