Town Near Amherst to Get Universal Fast Internet

On June 2, the people of Leverett, Massachusetts voted to spend $3.6 million to provide every home in their town with fast internet. Leverett has a population of about 2,000. It borders Amherst.

The vote was 462 to 90.

Every home in Leverett will have fast internet by 2014, a town spokesman said. This will increase the value of homes in Leverett, according to the town web site. Currently, 6 percent of homes in Leverett have no internet access and 23 percent have dial-up, according to the town web site.

In many nations, the internet is much faster, and much cheaper, than in the U.S. That's according to:

www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/technology/22iht-broadband22.html?_r=2&scp=1&...

More information is at:

www.leverett.ma.us/content/broadband-committee

and

www.ValleyPost.org/2009/05/14/top-obama-official-speaks-northampton-grou...

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