Archive for July, 2008
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
U-CAN Report: July 29 2008, Holladay
The third meeting of U-CAN was held last night in the Holladay Library and was a great discussion on how to add value to UTOPIA and make it more attractive to customers. In particular, content providers are eager to use the high bandwidth offered to offer up high-resolution live performances as well as more locally-produced [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in News by Jesse
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Frontier Guarantees Mass Migration to UTOPIA in Tremonton with New 5GB Monthly Cap
Frontier Communications, the incumbent phone carrier in Tremonton, has decided to give UTOPIA a helping hand by implementing a 5GB monthly cap on all of their DSL customers to drive them into the arms of a competitor. By comparison, the lowest cap available from a UTOPIA provider is 20 times that at 100GB per month. [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Jeers, News, UTOPIA by Jesse
Monday, July 28th, 2008
U-CAN in the News
Today’s Salt Lake Tribune had a small write-up on U-CAN today. Go check it out.
UPDATE: DSL Reports picked up on it too.
No Comments » - Posted in Cheers, News, U-CAN by Jesse
Saturday, July 26th, 2008
U-CAN Report: July 26 2008, Orem
Today’s meeting of U-CAN in Orem went really well with some good attendance. Residents are largely frustrated at the delays and lack of information as to when UTOPIA would be deployed in their area and are very interested in having the network succeed. We had one of the UTOPIA NOC employees on-hand today (he moved [...]
18 Comments » - Posted in Events, U-CAN, UTOPIA by Jesse
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Mstar Appoints New CEO
Mstar announced that they have appointed their former CFO, Stephen Russo, as the new CEO of the company. According to the press release, former CEO Ben Gould still serves on the board in an advisory capacity. The press release is typical fluff and doesn’t really do much to quell rumours that Mstar is planning to [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in News by Jesse
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
U-CAN Salt Lake County Interim Meeting: July 29th at 7PM
There will be an interim meeting of U-CAN for Salt Lake County residents on July 29th at 7PM. We will be meeting at the Holladay Library on Murray-Holladay Road just east of Highland Dr. While this is specifically for Salt Lake County residents, anyone is welcome to attend.
No Comments » - Posted in Events, U-CAN, UTOPIA by Jesse
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
UTOPIA Posts Another New RFP
Rolling stones gather no moss and UTOPIA is barrelling down the hill. There’s a new RFP up on their website looking for fiber splicing and testing to tentatively begin in August. The RFP closes on August 1, so it looks like they’re sticking to an aggressive expansion strategy. Good news for those of you staring [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Cheers, News, UTOPIA by Jesse
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Next U-CAN Meeting: July 26 in Orem
The next meeting of the UTOPIA Citizen’s Advisory Network (U-CAN) will be held on Saturday July 26th at noon in the Commission for Economic Development Office (CEDO) conference room at 777 S State St in Orem. As usual, anyone interested in getting more information about UTOPIA, getting updates on the progress of the network or [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Events, U-CAN, UTOPIA by Jesse
Monday, July 14th, 2008
The Need for Speed: Comcast’s Plans to Squeeze More Bandwidth From Aging Copper
In the quest to prepare for DOCSIS 3.0 without undertaking the necessary step of replacing aging coax with fiber, Comcast has been playing around with several solutions designed to postpone the inevitable and squeeze more bandwidth from their copper turnip. The end result? Freeing up anywhere from 25% to 50% of their available bandwidth on [...]
12 Comments » - Posted in News by Jesse
Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Sneak Peek: Broadweave’s Company Blog
Google Alerts turned up an interesting result today: a link to Broadweave's company blog. Obviously, they're still testing it out, so don't expect to find a whole lot on there. (Quick WordPress hint: go to Settings -> Privacy and turn off search engine indexing if you're not ready for it to be public.) About the [...]
