Archive for October, 2007
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
UTOPIA in the Bloghive: Construction in Perry, Rob Bennett Takes a Position in W. Jordan
I'm going to start making a conscious effort to track blog postings in Utah about UTOPIA. As I noted earlier today, a lot of us talk but not to each other. Here's to hoping that highlighting discussions about UTOPIA brings more attention to the project!
First up is an update from Perry, one of the Phase [...]
No Comments » - Posted in News by Jesse
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Help Me Find Fellow UTOPIA Supporters
It seems that part of the biggest problem with advocating for UTOPIA is that supporters don't really know each other. Most of the people I've met who are enthusiastic about UTOPIA have been contacts through this site and at various government meetings, though I'm sure that just scratches the surface. Just today, I stumbled across [...]
8 Comments » - Posted in Website by Jesse
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Qwest Building FTTN, Plans 20Mbps DSL
Remember the RFPs that Qwest put out earlier this year for fiber optic equipment? Apparently they plan on going somewhere with it. During their quarterly conference call to discuss earnings (which, by the way, paints a poor financial picture for Qwest), it came out that they're planning on dropping about $300M on an [...]
No Comments » - Posted in News by Jesse
Monday, October 29th, 2007
FCC to Ban Exclusive Contracts in Apartment and Condo Complexes
The FCC is expected to hand down some new rules on Wednesday to ban exclusive provider contracts in apartments, condos and other multi-unit dwellings. This is a reaction to cable rates that have jumped 93% in the last decade. FCC Chair Kevin Martin noted that cable rates often drop 30% or more when [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Cheers, News by Jesse
Friday, October 26th, 2007
UTOPIA Ups the Ante, Upgrades to 50Mbps
The rumor mill at DSL Reports says that UTOPIA residential connections will be beefed up to 50Mbps in both directions. That means downloads at least 7 times faster than cable or DSL and uploads over 60 times faster. The price? Still $40 a month as always. Even though the speeds are being upped, you [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Cheers, News by Jesse
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Upcoming UTOPIA Legislation
As part of the last Government Competition and Privatization Subcommittee, proposed legislation regarding UTOPIA has been handed out. Needless to say, it's a Qwest dream come true designed to unduly restrict UTOPIA from expanding beyond the current membership. Since it's not available online yet, I'll transcribe it with some of my own thoughts. These are [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Jeers, Legislation by Jesse
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Liveblogging the Government Competition and Privatization Subcommittee: October 25, 2007
Another meeting, another liveblogging. It looks like this meeting will likely be starting late; Rep. Frank appears to be the only one here so far. Keep obsessively hitting those refresh buttons, folks.
1:46PM The meeting is over. I'll have a summary up later today.
1:45PM The next meeting is tentatively set for Wednesday November 7 at [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Events, Legislation by Jesse
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Verizon Pumps Up FIOS to 20Mbps in Both Directions
After what seems like an eternity of telcos and cablecos not understanding that we like to send as well as receive data at blazing speeds, Verizon decided to launch a 20Mbps symmetrical connection for home users. The real shocker? The price tag, a paltry $65 a month, shockingly low for an incumbent offering these [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Cheers, News by Jesse
Monday, October 22nd, 2007
Are You Ready For Digital TV?
February 17, 2009 might be known as the day the airwaves died, at least for people unprepared for the switch to digital TV. Britain has already leaded ahead in this respect with the first analog signal going down for a dirt nap last Tuesday. Now Best Buy starts blazing a trail by eliminating its [...]
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
Comcast Filtering BitTorrent, Gnutella… and Lotus Notes?! (And They Profit From Wiretaps Too!)
It broke earlier this week that a reporter from the Associated Press had confirmed what we all knew, that Comcast has been blocking people from seeding torrent files. How do they do it? By illegally impersonating your computer to reset the connection, that's how. It's the same method used in China to block [...]
