Archive for August, 2007
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Slashdot Ripples
Being linked from Slashdot sends a lot of ripples in its wake. Frank over at Comcast Issue was recently mentioned in a story there and some of that success spilled over to here. Frank's been trying to get UTOPIA service out to West Jordan for along time with a renewed push after [...]
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
Cottonwood Heights Could Join UTOPIA; Construction Progresses in Davis County
Buried in a D-News article concerning the recent construction in Layton and Centerville was a brief statement indicating that Cottonwood Heights has completed a feasibility study and is now considering whether to join as a pledging or non-pledging city. It now joins Farmington and Vineyard on the list of cities considering membership in the [...]
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
Farmington Considering UTOPIA Membership
After a presentation given at last week's city council meeting, Farmington may want in on UTOPIA. They're considering joining as a non-pledging city meaning that in exchange for not having to bond for the cost of the project, they'd also be considered a lower priority for construction. If Farmington joins this way, construction would be [...]
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Friday, August 10th, 2007
UTOPIA Construction Underway in Layton and Centerville
With the federal grant money secured, UTOPIA has shifted into high gear to complete the fiber optic network in Layton and Centerville by March of 2008. Service should start becoming available in some areas of the cities as early as November starting in the western parts and moving eastward. Anyone interested in finding [...]
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
Corning Develops Ultra-Flexible Fiber Optics
Proving that they do much more than make awesome casserole dishes, Corning's men in lab coats have come up with fiber optic cable that's 100 times more flexible than current cable. This is a major boon to FTTH projects since the new material is now about as versatile as copper for in-home installations. It [...]
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
Breaking: DynamicCity Purchased By PacketFront!
Holy didn't see this coming. Swedish company PacketFront announced that they've bought out DynamicCity, the chief contractor on the UTOPIA project. Since both are private companies, the purchase price has not been disclosed. The press release states that the Lindon office will remain the head of operations while sales and management will be based in [...]
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Sunday, August 5th, 2007
FCC Overwhelmed with 27K Comments on Network Neutrality
Ask and ye shall receive. After the close of the open comments period, the FCC had received over 27,000 comments on network neutrality, a few of them completely laughable claims by telecommunications companies. The most outrageous of these is the claim by AT&T that a neutral network would need double the bandwidth currently used, [...]
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Sunday, August 5th, 2007
Congress Set to Overturn Bans on Municipal Networks, Collect Better Broadband Data
In a pair of decidedly wired pieces of legislation (shocking), Congress has decided to tackle municipal networks and poor stats on national broadband deployment. The Community Broadband Act would overturn state legislation in Arkansas, Florida, Texas and Missouri that prevents cities and counties from getting into the telecommunications game. This also has serious implications [...]
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Sunday, August 5th, 2007
FCC Unveils Rules for 700MHz Auction
Despite Google flashing cash and lobbying prowess and pleas from technologists, the FCC has decided that the upcoming 700MHz auction will not require network neutrality provisions or operate as a wholesale network. Consumer groups are calling it a mixed bag since the winner cannot restrict which devices can be [...]
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Saturday, August 4th, 2007
Report: White City Community Council Meeting, August 3 2007
Wednesday night was the monthly meeting of the White City Community Council, and it looks like I'm going to have to appear to a higher body for some help. First, the rep from UTOPIA didn't show and I never got an e-mail or call to indicate such. This, however, is the minor setback. The major [...]
