EDITOR’S NOTE: Julian Macassey who has been involved with efforts to bring broadband internet to all in Tillamook County, and written several articles for the Pioneer sent along with article. From Julian: “A friend of mine wrote an excellent article on broadband fiber. I’d appreciate it if you could share this with your readers.” By Cory Doctorow “We’re the phone…
Category: Tillamook Lightwave
Tillamook Lightwave Meeting Notice Board of Directors & Special Meetings May 2022
The meetings will be held at Tillamook People’s Utility District’s Emergency Operations Center located at 1115 Pacific Avenue, Tillamook, OR 97141 The Tillamook Lightwave Board of Directors will conduct the following meetings. May 10, 2022- Tillamook Lightwave Regular Board Meeting 9:30 a.m. May 12, 2022- Tillamook Lightwave Special Meeting with NOANET 9:00 a.m. May 24, 2022- Tillamook Lightwave Regular Board…
It’s time for a New Deal in Tillamook County
In 1936, the Rural Electrification Act made it possible for thousands of Americans to have electricity. Today, we are facing the same lack of an essential service for Tillamook county. High-speed internet service called broadband is substandard or simply not available. More than 20 years ago, Tillamook LightWave began installing fibre optics cable as a service for the county but…
Tillamook Lightwave Meeting Notices – Tuesday April 12 and April 26, 2022
The meetings will be held at Tillamook People’s Utility District’s Emergency Operations Center located at 1115 Pacific Avenue, Tillamook, OR 97141 The Tillamook Lightwave Board of Directors will conduct the following meetings – Tuesday April 12 and April 26, 2022: •9:30 a.m.- Regular Board Meeting For more information, please call 503-842-8621.
The Future of High Speed Internet
By Julian Macassey These days pretty much everyone has Internet access, whether it is via a smart phone, library or school terminal or top of the line laptop. Not only has the number of Internet users exploded in the last couple of decades, but what we do on the Internet has expanded dramatically. Before affordable computers that could display colors…
Tillamook Lightwave Meeting Notices: Tuesday March 8 and March 22, 2022
The meetings will be held at Tillamook People’s Utility District’s Emergency Operations Center* located at 1115 Pacific Avenue, Tillamook, OR 97141 The Tillamook Lightwave Board of Directors will conduct the following meetings – Tuesday March 8 and Tuesday March 22: •9:30 a.m.- Regular Board Meeting Please call the number listed below with for more information about virtual meeting options –…
Tillamook Lightwave Meeting Notice – Tuesday February 22, 2022
The meeting will be held at Tillamook People’s Utility District’s Emergency Operations Center located at 1115 Pacific Avenue, Tillamook, OR 97141 The Tillamook Lightwave Board of Directors will conduct the following meetings on Tuesday February 22, 2022: •9:30 a.m.- Regular Board Meeting Please call the number listed below for more information. Marissa Durrer 503-842-2535
Tillamook Lightwave Joint Meeting Agenda & Virtual Link – Feb. 18, 2022
MEETING DETAILS: Listed below is the call-in information for the Tillamook Lightwave Joint Entity Meeting on Friday, February 18, 2022, at 9 a.m. The meeting will be held at Tillamook Bay Community College in rooms 104/105. Please let me know if you are planning to attend in person, Marissa Durrer, Executive Assistant, Tillamook People’s Utility District, 503.815-8621 or 1.800-422-2535, mdurrer@tpud.org…
OP/ED: Better Internet Access
EDITOR’S NOTE: A community-wide effort has been launched to inform the efforts to bring equity to community communications, to bring broadband internet to all in our communities, and is gathering signatures. Click the link below to “sign the letter” and express your support for action by Tillamook Lightwave to improve internet availability, accessibility, and affordability in Tillamook County. https://forms.gle/WCFZpA6fqRnKGnN66 By…
TILLAMOOK LIGHTWAVE: Bringing High-Speed Internet to All in Tillamook County; Sign Letter to Show Support
In February of 2021, a county-wide survey from Tillamook Lightwave about internet access experience was completed by 700 county residents and businesses. Over the last year, Tillamook Lightwave has been actively considering the issues that the community shared in the survey and the results of the Broadband Study. See a copy of the 118 page report below*. The board of…