Upgrade Cambridge @UpgradeCambMA
Upgrade Cambridge is a grassroots organization seeking equitable digital access in Cambridge through municipal broadband. upgradecambridge.org Cambridge, MA Joined January 2018-
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Cambridge City Council Broadband roundtable is about to start!
The rumor is true and an incredible loss to Cambridge residents, alumni, and even students who want to access other departments. Hope to engage in a productive conversation with MIT about this.
The FY23 #CambMA proposed budget includes a line item for a “Digital Equity / Broadband Project Manager” which is a significant step forward towards both Digital Equity and municipal broadband.
Opinion from from Upgrade Cambridge (@UpgradeCambMA): A municipal broadband “feasibility study” is tilted against the success of the project it’s set up to assess Read the essay at bit.ly/3qNxkhx. #CambMA #cambpoli (Photo: Dugg Simpson via Flickr)
#CambMA has, without any public statement, launched a municipal broadband feasibility study, but one that seems tilted against actually deciding to do municipal broadband. And the City’s lack of preparation will land in the lap of the next Manager. mailchi.mp/9f69887c3e96/l…
Five years ago today, the #CambMA City Manager’s Broadband Task Force submitted its report to then City Manager Rossi, and Manager Designee Louis DiPasquale. We unanimously called for a broadband feasibility study an a plan to mitigate digital inquiry. We’re still waiting.
When #CambMA is to the right of Charlie Baker.
Yes, yes we do.
In his opposition to municipal broadband, the #CambMA City Manager takes the position of Congressional Republicans while @UpgradeCambMA sounds like Joe Biden’s Whitehouse. Why is Republican telecommunications policy good enough for Cambridge? vox.com/recode/2245820…
This is our complete lack of surprise.
This is our complete lack of surprise.
The revised press release links to the City’s RFP for “21st Century Broadband” which does not actually include a municipal broadband feasibility study. No word on whether the RFP will be withdrawn and “corrected” as well. #CambMA
#CambMA silently corrects its misrepresentations of its Digital Equity Study. The study calls for what @UpgradeCambMA has been calling for: a municipal broadband feasibility study. The City press release misrepresented that as an exploration of options. 1/2
#CambMA releases 280-page digital equity study, calling for a broad initiative to combat digital inequality and a municipal broadband feasibility study cambridgema.gov/-/media/Files/…
After months of delay, @CambMA's PIO tells me that they will be releasing the much-promised Digital Equity Report on Tuesday April 20. I wonder what the significance of that date is. cc @UpgradeCambMA
Let’s go @CambMA @UpgradeCambMA @NextCentCit we should be leaders and innovative.
Let’s go @CambMA @UpgradeCambMA @NextCentCit we should be leaders and innovative.
Let’s go @CambMA @UpgradeCambMA
The @BostonGlobe & @hannaskrueger on economic disparities & digital equity in #CambMA Sadly, it’s worse. Cambridge had free wifi in apartments there that it abandoned, replaced, abandoned again, then removed. Then it held a party celebrating Google/MIT. bostonglobe.com/2021/02/27/nat…
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But it’s another reason why we need to overhaul the current university fundraising model. Harvard corporation is a brand and a bank. Education is a side business. They will protect the former even if it damages the latter.
18 percent of men who make sports bets say sports betting is *ruining their lives*. Seems like a problem our society should address!
The 1,500 auxiliary ballots counted over the last 2 days have turned Richard Harding Jr's 56 vote lead into a 3 vote loss to Andrew King.
Significant change in #cambma 2023 municipal School Committee election results. Andrew King replaces Richard Harding on the last slot after 2,000+ auxiliary ballots were counted.
@johnhawkinson @CambMA @UpgradeCambMA No, we have heard nothing so far and had the same observation.
@MikeConnollyMA We’re in agreement about not understanding the abrupt change - I was also completely blindsided by this decision.
The rumor is true and an incredible loss to Cambridge residents, alumni, and even students who want to access other departments. Hope to engage in a productive conversation with MIT about this.
Thanks so much to @realBurhanAzeem who brought so much hope and energy to our working group. We can't wait to see what happens in the City of Cambridge next. An inspiration for #KingCounty ---- Upgrade King County thanks @upgradeseattle @UpgradeCambMA for all you've done, too!
@UpgradeCambMA Don't take your foot off the gas. Funded positions don't equal action.
And this is why you don't give up, even when you are facing disappointment in years of work because a city manager doesn't get it. You keep working until you find a path. (and don't expect that to be easy either!) Well done Cambridge!!
The FY23 #CambMA proposed budget includes a line item for a “Digital Equity / Broadband Project Manager” which is a significant step forward towards both Digital Equity and municipal broadband.
Couldn't catch last night's marathon City Council meeting? From the Commercial Composting Pilot to the Green Roofs Petition, my Council Notes will keep you in the loop on local issues, and you can read them here: alannamallon.org/council-notes/
@CambMA @UpgradeCambMA In case anyone was wondering, the "weekly digest" From April 9 showed up today. As expected, it is all Old News (zzzz):
@CambMA @UpgradeCambMA Perhaps worse, the City Manager speaks to agree with the mayor and refer QZ to his "weekly digest" to the Council from last week Friday, which is, of course, secret and not public in a timely fashion. This bizarre ass-backards transparency is just…not the best we can do.
@CambMA @UpgradeCambMA Of course, @qzondervan, maybe the voyeur in me just wants to hear someone say, "I appeal the ruling of the Chair," even if it would be an empty gesture. Not that this is the United States Senate (but it's still a legit parliamentary procedure here).
@CambMA @UpgradeCambMA Wow, and when PO#12 rolls around on the agenda, QZ asks about the Digital Equity study, and the mayor cuts him off: "You’re welcome to put in a policy order; to talk about getting an update on the digital equity study that is not appropriate.…I've ruled it's not germane."
Let’s go @CambMA @UpgradeCambMA @NextCentCit we should be leaders and innovative.
High-speed internet is essential infrastructure in the 21st century.
Let’s go @CambMA @UpgradeCambMA
@tcarmody You will be unsurprised to learn that I have well-researched and deeply-held opinions about public infrastructural systems which can be summarized as Let’s Just Fucking Build Them Already, They Are An Amazing Economic Investment, Not To Mention A Public Good, We Can Do This.
@johnhawkinson @stannenb @UpgradeCambMA (Also, when I am "at work", it is impossible for me to give public comment, as the Chrome extension for Zoom can't be granted the ability to unmute, which means I have to use an alternative device/setup, which is, frankly, too much of a PITA in the middle of the work day.)
Municipal broadband networks help close the digital divide by lowering barriers to access. Electronic Frontier Alliance member @UpgradeCambMA is advocating for a publicly owned broadband network in Cambridge, MA
The #CambMA City Council voted unanimously to ask for “immediate” reports on the City’s Digital Equity Study and progress on the development of an RFP for a feasibility study for municipal broadband. Thanks to the proposers: @PattyNolan1 @E_DeniseSimmons @Ammallon @qzondervan
@CathyCathycab @UpgradeCambMA Wifi hotspots are being distributed to every @cambridge_cpsd student who does not have access at home. Last home delivery of those are TODAY.
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