From the Mountain Area Information Network shared on its website:

An important message from MAIN

Dear Friends of Progressive Media:

Many of you know that the non-profit Mountain Area Information
Network has worked for many years to provide an alternative to AT&T
and Charter for Internet access.

Today this mission is in jeopardy. If the Asheville City Council
does not act on April 24, MAIN must vacate a City-owned cell tower
and shut down a major part of its Asheville network on May 1.

Many of your friends and neighbors will lose Internet access. And
MAIN’s ability to upgrade and expand our broadband service will be
greatly limited, making Asheville even more dependent on AT&T and
Charter.

We need your help.

Please review the notice to MAIN subscribers below and then call or
e-mail the members of City Council (contact info below).

Ask City Council to allow MAIN to continue providing nonprofit
Internet access via the City-owned tower.

For a More Democratic Media!

MAIN Staff and Board of Directors

Go here to read a suggested letter from the organization.

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MAIN may lose ‘major part’ of Internet service

by Angie Newsome, Carolina Public Press
April 24, 2012

<h1>MAIN may lose ‘major part’ of Internet service</h1> <p class="byline">by Angie Newsome, Carolina Public Press <br />April 24, 2012</p> <p>From the <a href="http://main-fm.org/2012/04/20/an-important-message-from-main/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mountain Area Information Network</a> shared on its website:</p> <h2>An important message from MAIN</h2> <p>Dear Friends of Progressive Media:</p> <p>Many of you know that the non-profit Mountain Area Information<br /> Network has worked for many years to provide an alternative to AT&amp;T<br /> and Charter for Internet access.</p> <p>Today this mission is in jeopardy. If the Asheville City Council<br /> does not act on April 24, MAIN must vacate a City-owned cell tower<br /> and shut down a major part of its Asheville network on May 1.</p> <p>Many of your friends and neighbors will lose Internet access. And<br /> MAIN’s ability to upgrade and expand our broadband service will be<br /> greatly limited, making Asheville even more dependent on AT&amp;T and<br /> Charter.</p> <p>We need your help.</p> <p>Please review the notice to MAIN subscribers below and then call or<br /> e-mail the members of City Council (contact info below).</p> <p>Ask City Council to allow MAIN to continue providing nonprofit<br /> Internet access via the City-owned tower.</p> <p>For a More Democratic Media!</p> <p>MAIN Staff and Board of Directors</p> <p><a href="http://main-fm.org/2012/04/20/an-important-message-from-main/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Go here to read a suggested letter from the organization.</a></p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://carolinapublicpress.org/9273/main-may-lose-major-part-of-internet-service/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://carolinapublicpress.org">Carolina Public Press</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-cropped-CPPlogo_icon_RGB.png?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://carolinapublicpress.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=9273&ga=G-45T85MYXXN" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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