Archive for May, 2008
Monday, May 19th, 2008
Meta: Spam Karma Ate Some Comments
If you've left a comment over the last few days that didn't appear on the site, that problem should be fixed now. Spam Karma decided to go "nom, nom, nom" when too many comments were posted over a short period or time. I've adjusted it to be much less sensitive to rapid-fire comments and recovered [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Website by Jesse
Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Broadweave’s HR Problem
In their report to the city, CCG noted that there were a significant number of HR issues leading to the deteriorating customer service situation at iProvo. They noted that "almost universally the telecom employees dislike or distrust the retailers" and observed that telecom employees were also at each others throats on a regular basis and [...]
12 Comments » - Posted in Jeers, iProvo by Jesse
Friday, May 16th, 2008
Broadweave Did Not Exist Prior to 2003, Website Claims First Contract in 1999
I received a response from the Utah Division of Corporations regarding the original filing for Broadweave Networks and Lucy, they've got some 'splaining to do. According to the original filing, the company did not file articles of incorporation until June 4, 2003. (See original document.) Their website, however, indicates that the company obtained their first [...]
11 Comments » - Posted in Jeers, iProvo by Jesse
Friday, May 16th, 2008
Broadweave Buys Out Veracity, Customers From Other Providers
Broadweave announced today that they plan to go one step further than buying out the customer lists and acquire Veracity as well. Veracity has over 10,000 clients but only a handful are on UTOPIA or iProvo. Most of Veracity's customer base is in T-1 lines or DSL services as well as business voice communications. This [...]
50 Comments » - Posted in Jeers, News, iProvo by Jesse
Friday, May 16th, 2008
Evaluating the iProvo Asset Purchase Agreement
I took the time to sit down with a copy of the proposed purchased agreement with Broadweave (warning, PDF) and found a number of glaring holes and deficiencies in this arragement.
Broadweave Networks of Provo LLC is listed as the purchaser, yet no such corporation currently exists with the State of Utah. The purchase agreement is [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Jeers, iProvo by Jesse
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Broadweave Lacks Proper Business Licenses, Corporation Filings
You'd like to think that a company planning to buy city assets would have all of their paperwork ducks in a row. Seems that Broadweave, however, has neglected to file a substantial amount of paperwork required to legally do business. South Jordan, the location of the company's headquarters, has no listings for Broadweave. Draper has [...]
15 Comments » - Posted in Jeers, iProvo by Jesse
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Broadweave CEO Steve Christensen Got Exclusive Contract in Traverse Mountain From His Father
This kind of news is almost too good to report. After being tipped off by an anonymous source, I did a bit of digging as to who owns Traverse Mountain. Turns out that it's a Mr. Stephen Christensen, an uncle of Broadweave CEO Steve Christensen. In short, it appears that Broadweave's sole development project is [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Jeers, News, iProvo by Jesse
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Editorial: Broadweave purchase revives memory of past failings
This opinion piece was published in today's Daily Herald.
As an advocate for open-access municipal fiber optic networks, I was disappointed to learn that Provo planned to sell iProvo, the nation's largest such network, to a private entity who planned to become the sole retailer. This disappointment quickly turned to disgust and outrage as more details [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Communications, iProvo by Jesse
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
The BlogHive Reacts to Proposed iProvo Sale
There's been a lot of good commentary from other bloggers about the pending sale of iProvo to Broadweave Networks and it appears to be mixed at best.
Pete Ashdown isn't happy with the way the RFP has been conducted. If they wanted to entertain purchase offers, they should have said so outright instead of requiring proposals [...]
29 Comments » - Posted in iProvo by Jesse
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Leaks: Broadweave Will Buy Out Customer Lists From Existing iProvo Providers
This morning, an inside source disclosed the fate of the existing iProvo retailers. According to this source, Broadweave plans to announce on Thursday that they will be buying out the customer lists from MSTAR, Veracity and Nuvont to become the sole retailer on the network. This move comes as MSTAR has been found to be [...]
