Jon Humphrey

Citizen Journalist • Bellingham • Member since May 23, 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.

Articles by Jon Humphrey

Starlink is No Star

By Jon HumphreyOn Oct 22, 2020

The Why Over the years I have written over 30 articles, mostly here, on the issues of public broadband. I have given countless presentations, engaged hundreds of people individually and at [...]

City Drags Feet On Creation Of Broadband Committee

By Jon HumphreyOn Oct 18, 2020

This is an update on the selection of the Broadband Advisory Group. A few days ago, I was informed by Public Works Director Eric Johnston that selection of this group, [...]

Secret Telecom Lovers

By Jon HumphreyOn Oct 07, 2020

As I write this article I am reminded of two songs. The first being, “The Room Where It Happens,” from Hamilton. Which describes how meetings actually happen among our leaders, [...]

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"The better solution is to build public infrastructure to prevent private monopolies and territories like we have now. WAVE/Astound are terrible companies with lots of complaints just like all [...]

Sep 28, 2024 on
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"As Commissioner Deshmane and I have pointed out many times the mid-mile connections are another area where governments can and should help out. WAVE/Astound has a virtual monopoly, but [...]

Sep 27, 2024 on
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Sep 25, 2024 on
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Sep 25, 2024 on
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