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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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Thank you for the information, Linda!
I heard a private donor has come through and MAIN no longer needs the city to forgive the debt.