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Wired Wendell is the name of the MLP department created under MGL Chapter 164 to facilitate Wendell's joining the Wired West Cooperative. This department provides the liaison between the Town of Wendell and the Wired West Cooperative.

Key Wired West information:

Wired Wendell

Manager: Robbie Leppzer
The manager is also the Delegate to Wired West.
Alternate Delegate: Nan Riebschlaeger

Broadband Committee

Members

Robbie Leppzer, Chair
Robert Heller, Secretary
David Scott
Benjamin Schwartz
Nan Riebschlaeger

Meetings

This committee meets on an as-needed basis.

Broadband Links

Wired West Project update status
Take the Broadband Access Survey
How the Stimulus Money For Massachusetts Broadband Helps WiredWest
Breaking the Broadband Monopoly
Berkshire Eagle: Taking the lead on broadband by John Kerry
Our Internet: Amherst liberates as Comcast conquers
Rural Broadband User? You're Screwed
Rural Carriers Quickly Embracing Fiber
East Central Vermont Community Fiber Network
Verizon's Hanging Up On Rural America
The Dirty Truth about Rural Broadband
Digital unite: Sustaining democracy in the digital age
NYT Blog: "Verizon Boss Hangs Up on Landline Phone Business"
Ranch Internet Cooperative Association
Comcast
Fiber to the Home Council
Verizon
BroadbandReports.com
I, Cringely - The Pulpit
Tri-City Broadband
Click Network
USDA Rural Utilities Service
Shutesbury Leverett Broadband Committee
Hidden Tec
Shutesbury Leverett Broadband Group Survey
Town of Shutesbury
Combined Committee E-Mail List Info Page
Franklin Regional Council of Governments
Pioneer Valley Connect

Broadband Committee Documents

Bridging the Digital Divide Update February 15, 2012

Feb.12

Draft Minutes of the June 27, 2011 meeting

Jun.11

WendellLetter.pdf

Jun.10

RateSheet_Wendell.pdf

Jun.10

Minutes-3-14-2006.pdf

Aug.09

Wendell A-Z

Agricultural Commission
Animal Control Officer
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Broadband Committee
Building Inspector
Cemetery Commission
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Council on Aging/Golden Agers
Cultural Council
Deja Brew
Emergency Management
Energy Task Force
Erving School Union #28
Finance Committee
Fire Department
Fiske Pond
Franklin County Technical School
Friends of the Wendell Meetinghouse
Full Moon Coffeehouse
Good Neighbors
Board of Health
Highway Department
Historical Commission
Library
Library Trustees
Local Food Coordinator
Mahar Regional High School
MARS On-Line Library Catalog
Money Managers Study Committee
Old Home Day
Open Space Committee
Planning Board
Police Department
Recreation Commission
Road Commissioners
School Committee
Senior Center
Swift River School
Selectboard
Town Coordinator
Tax Collector
Town Clerk
Website Committee
Wendell Recycling and Transfer Station (WRATS)
Wendell Meetinghouse
Wired Wendell
Zoning Board of Appeals

Wired West News

WiredWest

Connecting Western Mass to the World

New Year’s News
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 [...]
Twenty-Two towns form the WiredWest Cooperative
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 [...]
WiredWest Incorporation August 13th
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 [...]