Petition to Baker

[David Kulp]

There's an online petition telling Gov Baker to quit stalling on state broadband funding.

Please consider signing today!

The broadband situation is complicated, but one clear reason for the lack of progress is the state. MBI is a bureaucratic mess. But worse, the Baker administration put the brakes on everything so that towns have no certainty on how to proceed with any broadband implementation whether it be a standalone town-owned fiber network, wireless network, or WiredWest regional network.

That's particularly the case in Ashfield. We set aside $60,000 at the last town meeting, which could be used to start activities such as a pole mapping survey. But that's not going to happen until Ashfield knows for sure what the state's commitments are in matching funds and in-kind support.

https://www.change.org/p/charles-baker-connect-us-now-release-the-funding-and-build-our-network-d3f6d4ab-b065-4baf-a591-a28cf942e9e3