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Resident raises infrastructure and billing concerns about New Berlin internet service
Summary
Rob Brown told trustees a pipe under Gibson Street needs replacement to extend service, that only three people pay him directly for internet service, and that the 'Internet was not for sale' because selling would require disconnecting Berlin and Loami.
Rob Brown addressed the board about local Internet service and infrastructure. He told trustees a pipe under Gibson Street needs replacement to extend service to a customer and that only three people pay him directly for Internet service. Brown described communications with federal and state agencies — the FCC, NTIA, ICC and Illinois Broadband — about customer registration and said the village might need to register customers with those agencies.
Brown told the board, "the Internet was not for sale as this would require disconnecting Berlin & Loami." He also described his views on Internet billing and customer choice, and the minutes record no motion or staff directive from the board on the internet-provider issues; follow-up steps were not specified in the minutes.
