Archive for June, 2008
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
The Transition of iProvo Customers: A Rocky Road Ahead?
An anonymous tipster raised a lot of good points concerning the transfer of customers from Mstar to Broadweave. There's less than three weeks left until the planned cutover, yet customers haven't been getting written notice of such. Despite intense media coverage and multiple public hearings, many customers could be left without any idea as to [...]
103 Comments » - Posted in Rumors, iProvo by Jesse
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Centerville Forming UTOPIA Oversight Committee
Centerville is taking a proactive role in making sure UTOPIA's health stays under close watch by forming an advisory committee composed of both residents and city officials. The city council is currently accepting applications from residents who are interested in participating and the word on the street is that three will be chosen to help [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Cheers, News, UTOPIA by Jesse
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Time Warner Cable Starts Metering Internet Usage, Others to Follow Suit
While we've known this was coming for a while now, Time Warner Cable has finally started a pilot to meter Internet usage complete with hefty overage fees. New customers in Beaumont, TX will have to put up with meager 40GB per month cap, enough for grandma and folks who do light surfing but entirely [...]
No Comments » - Posted in News by Jesse
Monday, June 9th, 2008
Press Release: UTOPIA Launches New Citizens Advisory Network
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
UTOPIA Executive Director Todd Marriott has announced the formation of the UTOPIA Citizens Advisory Network (U-CAN) to help provide feedback from the public on the direction UTOPIA is going. Jesse Harris, a local activist who runs FreeUTOPIA.org, has been selected to chair the new group. Harris has spent significant time and effort following [...]
8 Comments » - Posted in Communications, UTOPIA by Jesse
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
iProvo Sale Approved
By a slim 4-3 margin, Provo's Municipal Council approved the sale of iProvo to Broadweave with Sherrie Hall Everett, Steve Turley and Cindy Clark voting against the deal. Now the ball is in Broadweave's court: perform or your name is mud. This puts Provo citizens in a tough bind. If Broadweave fails to meet its [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Jeers, News, iProvo by Jesse
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Letter to Provo’s Municipal Council
I sent the following letter to members of Provo's Municipal Council on June 2, 2008.
Greetings Members of the Council;
I apologize for the last-minute nature of this communication. I've been waiting to collect as much information as possible before I e-mail you important information on why Broadweave is the wrong company to sell iProvo to.
Certainly basic [...]
16 Comments » - Posted in Communications, iProvo by Jesse
Monday, June 2nd, 2008
Broadweave’s Doubletalk on Project Sizes
If you're going to inflate your company size, it's best not to leave evidence to the contrary. Broadweave claimed in a press release that the Traverse Mountain community encompasses over 8,000 homes, yet an interview between KSL Radio and Steve Christensen of Traverse Mountain shows the project to be more along the scale of [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Jeers, iProvo by Jesse
Monday, June 2nd, 2008
Broadweave (Double)Talks iProvo on CouchCast
Online talk radio show CouchCast had Steve Christensen on as a guest to discuss the sale of iProvo. Go ahead and give the show a listen.
A few observations:
Steve Christensen said himself on the show that Broadweave has been around since 2003, yet this conflicts with his statements to the Provo Municipal Council and the data [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Jeers, iProvo by Jesse
Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Reminder: iProvo and AFCNet Meetings on Tuesday
Just a friendly reminder that Provo will be entertaining the motions to sell iProvo at a municipal council meeting on Tuesday the 3rd. The meeting will be starting at 5:30PM instead of the normal 7PM (h/t: Gary Thornock) and will include a lot of other business items as well. It's possible that they will vote [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Events, iProvo by Jesse
Sunday, June 1st, 2008
The MSTAR Legal Threat: Do they have a case?
I just took a moment to read through the city's code for disposal of surplus property to see if, as a non-lawyer, I could validate MSTAR's claims that they have a shot at legal action should the sale of iProvo be approved as currently constituted. After perusing Title 3, Chapter 3.04 of the city code, [...]
