Archive for September, 2007
Friday, September 28th, 2007
Washington City Becomes Latest UTOPIA Member
The city council in Washington City has voted to become a non-pledging member of UTOPIA, the first city to do so since the moratorium on new members expired in July. The council was split on the decision and Qwest was, as usual, present to protest membership. City manager Roger Carter said the city could consider [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Cheers, News by Jesse
Friday, September 28th, 2007
American Fork Moves Closer to Selling It’s Fiber Optic System
The American Fork city council voted to extend the amount of time that Surpha, an Orem-based company, will have to enter into a contract to purchase the ailing AFCNet fiber optic network from the city. They now have until the end of October to buy the system or back out. There's no word on [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in News by Jesse
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
iProvo Hits 10,000 Subscribers, Could Add Up To Three New Providers
iProvo finally surpassed the 10,000 subscriber mark amid some big plans for the network. According to the Daily Herald, the city is currently negotiating to bring in up to three more service providers and possibly hire DynamicCity (now PacketFront) to help manage the network and improve its financials. The new service providers petitioning to [...]
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Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Ban on Internet Access Taxes Expiring in November
Remember that ban on taxing Internet access? On November 1, it goes bye bye. The Senate has been making slow progress on trying to hammer out an extension of the ban. It's widely believed that they'll do what they did last time: do a temporary extension and leave a future Congress to figure [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Legislation, News by Jesse
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Industry Groups Could Be Astroturfing A La Carte Cable
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin thinks something is rotten in the state of cable television. In fact, he suspects industry groups are trying to astroturf opposition to a la carte pricing as a way to try and sway public opinion. Martin is a vocal supporter of a la carte cable television, allowing you to buy [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Jeers, News by Jesse
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Liveblogging the Government Competition and Privatization Subcommittee: September 26, 2007
Sorry about the late entry, folks. Bad traffic and worse parking conspired to make me late today. I'll be catching up as I can.
5:23PM Meeting is over!
5:21PM They're planning on meeting on both the 15th and 25th at 9AM for all-day meetings. Mark those dates?
5:17PM I guess we'll have to wait for Jerry [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Events, Legislation by Jesse
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Provo Trying to Find Unhappy Customers Before Unhappy Customers Find Them
In what should be an interesting model of proactive customer service, Provo has started a new program called iCare to pay bounties for referrals to unhappy current and former iProvo customers. My gut reaction is that while the concept is a good idea, it seems a little over-the-top to actually pay someone for these [...]
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
HomeNet May Have Scammed Their Way to an iProvo Contract
News is breaking that HomeNet, the first iProvo provider that later went belly-up, may have forged a letter of credit to secure the exclusive contract. These charges are in addition to others that allege the company cheated investors out of about $1M during its lifetime. Even more disturbing is that there seems to be [...]
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
FCC Ticking Off Everyone in 700MHz Auction Battle
I've heard that a good compromise leaves everyone unhappy. If that's truly the case then the rules for the upcoming 700MHz auction must be the best compromise in the history of telecommunications. Verizon has decided to sue the FCC over the auction requirements as they are particularly unhappy with the open device requirements [...]
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
The Internet Will Kill TV, Then Collapse on Itself?
It's funny how you can better connect the dots when you let news age for a little while and then start talking about it. Vint Cerf, the "godfather of the web" has predicted that TV as we know it will be killed off by the Internet. He posits that because at least 85% of [...]
