By: Jon Humphrey

Define “Dragging One’s Feet”
By Jon Humphrey · Thu Oct 29, 2020
Is it 219 days? Five years? It’s time to move forward on the Broadband Advisory Group. Now!
Secret Telecom Lovers Part 2: Been Caught Cheating
By Jon Humphrey · Sat Oct 24, 2020
Six applicants for Bellingham’s Broadband Advisory Group are examined by Jon for their conflicts of interest with their business ties to the broadband industry.
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Starlink is No Star
By Jon Humphrey · Thu Oct 22, 2020
Jon explains why the Starlink satellite Internet service will not be so great and why fiber is still best for reliability, speed, cost, safety and the environment. Really.
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City Drags Feet On Creation Of Broadband Committee
By Jon Humphrey · Sun Oct 18, 2020
Bellingham is foot-dragging and Whatcom County gives nearly $1 million to “Big Telecom.”
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Secret Telecom Lovers
By Jon Humphrey · Wed Oct 7, 2020
Schools especially are losing out because of local government neglect of broadband access. And it isn’t getting better.
Updated Conduit Policy? Worthless!
By Jon Humphrey · Fri Sep 11, 2020
A Public Works document on Bellingham’s fiber optic network leaves much to be desired.
Mayor Fleetwood to Pick Members of Broadband Advisory Group… Just Kidding!
By Jon Humphrey · Fri Sep 4, 2020
Real progress on broadband and fiber optics is not what is being sold to the public by the city.
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COB to Create Sham Broadband Workgroup to Protect Special Interests - Even During a Pandemic
By Jon Humphrey · Fri Aug 21, 2020
An undemocratic process awaits a workgroup on broadband.
State Government Skewing Internet Test to Favor Telecoms
By Jon Humphrey · Fri Aug 7, 2020
WA State Department of Commerce Internet Access Test is a Scam to Protect Big Telecom
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Interim Public Works Director Forbids Climate & Energy Manager Discussing Telecom and Dig Once
By Jon Humphrey · Fri Mar 6, 2020
The city has muzzled its new climate and energy manager and its Climate Action Task Force. Why?
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COB Produces Elementary School Level Dig Once Draft
By Jon Humphrey · Thu Jan 10, 2019
Proof that the COB is in bed with big telecoms. Here is an inappropriate COB Dig Once Policy that creates pathways for corporate welfare/abuse of the community.
Appealing Voodoo Economics Housing Values
By Jon Humphrey · Wed Jan 2, 2019
The first of a set of articles outlining the process for a working-class family in Bellingham to try and fight our unfair housing values and the taxes linked to them.
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Preliminary RF Exposure Tests
By Jon Humphrey · Tue Dec 4, 2018
A brief overview of radiofrequency (RF) exposure tests taken in Bellingham at two locations.
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November 5th Existing Network Meeting (COB’s Mansplaining)
By Jon Humphrey · Wed Nov 7, 2018
Meeting details about the existing public fiber-optic network with Eric Johnston and other COB officials for details they’re unnecessarily withholding.
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Atul Deshmane: Public Utility District 1, Commissioner District 2
By Jon Humphrey · Thu Oct 25, 2018
Brief overview of Atul Deshmane for Public Utility District 1, Commissioner District 2.
Real 5G Concerns
By Jon Humphrey · Sat Oct 20, 2018
A description of the many concerns surrounding 5G technology including, but not limited to, health concerns.
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Whatcom Regional Transportation Study (Deeply Flawed)
By Jon Humphrey · Wed Oct 3, 2018
A critical analysis of the Whatcom Regional Transportation Study. A study that falls under the category of lies, damned lies, and statistics for sure.
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AT&T and the COB (Partners in Corporate Welfare)
By Jon Humphrey · Sun Sep 30, 2018
A review of recently released documents showing corporate welfare to AT&T.
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AT&T FirstNet (The Stasi Information Super Highway?)
By Jon Humphrey · Sat Aug 4, 2018
A review of the privatization of communications by public entities, like the police and fire service, via the unnecessary use of AT&Ts questionable FirstNet service.
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Small Cell/ Dig Once Updates
By Jon Humphrey · Thu Jul 26, 2018
We uncover more public resources that are knowingly not being used and make more connections between the city and big telecom. All telecom items untimately go back to the committee for further discussion.

Jon Humphrey

Citizen Journalist · Bellingham · Writing Since Aug 24, 2017
Jon Humphrey is currently a music educator in Bellingham and very active in the community. He also has decades of professional IT experience including everything from support to development. He considers Bellingham to be the best place he has ever lived and has been here for over 8 years now. He has been interested in technology, music, and science since he was very young and holds a degree in Music Production/Technology from the prestigious Hartt School. He started writing for his high school newspaper and has even published a sci-fi novel on Amazon. Aside from his above interests, Jon spends his time repairing electronics, cars, hiking, diving, and motorcycling. He is a well known figure in the Open Source and Retro Gaming communities and does what he can to support them. He also cares very much about the environment, homelessness, and digital divide issues and does what he can on those fronts too.

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