Broadband Update - Miryam Williamson
December 2009

The broadband committee's assignment is to bring high speed, affordable
Internet access to Warwick.  At their November 2 meeting, the
selectboard  approved the committee's suggestion of a time payment plan
to help to achieve that goal.

Under the plan, which is available to two households each month,
subscribers pay for the installation and equipment over a period of 13
months. The subscriber's share of the installer's fee, $100, is due at
the time of installation. For the next 12 months, the equipment is paid
off at $35 a month, for a total of $420. (Subscriber equipment paid for
at the time of installation costs $400.)

The regular $50 monthly service fee still applies, so the initial
payment would be $150, with $85 due on the first of the month for the
next year.  After that the bill drops to $50 a month.

There are other provisions, having to do with nonpayment or stopping the
service before the equipment is paid for.   These are meant to protect
the town's broadband enterprise fund, which has to pay for the equipment
in advance of its being paid for by the subscriber.

To learn more or get put on the installation list, contact Town
Coordinator David Young at the town hall, 544- 6315.