Whip City Fiber Expanding Community Broadband Bits Podcast Episode 205
b'Last month we wrote wrote about the Whip City Fiber Pilot project in Westfield, Massachusetts expanding and this week we interview two people from Westfield Gas & Electric about the effort. Aaron Bean is the Operations Manager and Sean Fitzgerald is the Key Accounts and Customer Service Manager.\\n\\nWe discuss their pilot project, how they structured the services and pricing, and integrated the new telecommunications services into the municipal utility.\\n\\nWe also discuss whether the lack of a television option is limiting interest from potential subscribers and how they are picking the next locations to expand the network. \\n\\nThe sound effect we use in the intro is licensed using creative commons. We found it here.\\n\\nRead the transcript from this show here.\\n\\n\\nWe want your feedback and suggestions for the show-please e-mail us or leave a comment below.\\n\\nThis show is 18 minutes long and can be played below on this page or via iTunes or via the tool of your choice using this feed. \\n\\nYou can download this mp3 file directly from here. Listen to other episodes here or view all episodes in our index.\\n\\nThanks to Forget the Whale for the music, licensed using Creative Commons. The song is "I Know Where You\'ve Been."'