WiredWest Update

WiredWest Update

Steve Nelson, WiredWest Executive Committee member, discusses the latest developments in the organization’s efforts to extend hi-speed Internet service to many smaller communities in western...

Internet Hacker Danger

UMass Professor Emery Berger discusses recent reports of internet hacking that could leave thousands of Americans with “infected” internet connections and lead to internet disconnection this July. How can you know if your computer is...

Lying Online

Psychology Prof. Robert Feldman, Dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at UMass Amherst, will discuss his paper “Liar, Liar, Hard Drive on Fire: How Media Context Affects Lying Behavior” and his finding that people are more likely to lie in...

David Pakman

David Pakman is the host of a nationally syndicated radio, television and internet show called the “David Pakman Show.” We caught up with him recently in his downtown Greenfield, MA studio....

Steve Levy, Wired Magazine

Springfield Public Forum speaker Steven Levy, Wired Magazine writer, will speak on  “How Google Shaped Our Lives” and his book, ‘ In the Plex: How Google, Thinks, Works and Shapes Our Lives.”...

The State We’re In: Judith Dumont

This week’s guest is Judith Dumont, Director of the Massachusetts Broadband Institute which is spearheading efforts to bring high-speed internet service to every community in the Commonwealth. We’ll look at the work to create the infrastructure to bring broadband to...

WiredWest

Representatives from Western Massachusetts towns decided to build and operate a community-owned, open-access fiber-optic network in order to provide internet to towns that are under-served or not served broadband at all. WiredWest is supported by 47 towns and targets...