Archive for December, 2008
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Broadband Bytes: December 13-19, 2008
I think 2009 is going to end up being the year of broadband. Advocates are very well-organized and the new administration is putting a lot of post-election emphasis on telecom policy, an issue that’s typicaly given only election-cycle lip service.
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin decided to up and cancel a vote on what to do about [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Broadband Bytes by Jesse
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Corrections from UTOPIA on the Tremonton Numbers
Hugh Matheson e-mailed to clarify some of the stats from Tremonton. The close rate is close to 50% – that is that half of homes visited end up taking service. The total take rate is hovering around 20% of all residents right now, still not bad for 10 weeks work. The door-to-door effort is being [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in News, UTOPIA by Jesse
Monday, December 15th, 2008
UTOPIA Article in the DesNews Shows Growth and Goals
The Deseret News ran a brief article on UTOPIA that, while light on a lot of specifics, includes their current subscriber growth rate and goals for subscriber growth. According to the article, they’re adding 300-400 new subscribers per month and plan to double or triple that number in 2009. I’ve also heard that in Tremonton, [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in News, UTOPIA by Jesse
Sunday, December 14th, 2008
Broadband Bytes: December 6-12, 2008
This week was kind of a slow news week. Most of the telecom world has been focused on President-Elect Obama’s plans for broadband stimulus and the continuing bad economic news from providers, programmers and manufacturers.
Yes, there’ still even more layoffs and bad economic news. Level 3 is planning to cut about 8% of its workforce [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Broadband Bytes by Jesse
Saturday, December 13th, 2008
Rumor: Broadweave Defaulting on iProvo?
Sounds like the iProvo troubles are about to get bigger. According to a Nuvont installer who would like to remain nameless, Broadweave has defaulted and could likely be returning the network to the city in very short order. Nuvont is also trying to switch video customers from iProvo to Dish Network, presumably in preparation for [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Rumors, iProvo by Jesse
Friday, December 12th, 2008
Qwest Threatens New UTOPIA Lawsuit, Wants to Block Centerville RDA Funds
Qwest’s business model should be “If you can’t beat ‘em, sue ‘em.” The Davis County Clipper reports that America’s least competent incumbent is threatening Centerville with a lawsuit if they decide to move forward with their plan to use RDA funds to build out UTOPIA. Qwest’s accusations are, natually, light on specifics and big on [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Jeers, News, UTOPIA by Jesse
Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Get Social on UTOPIA
Are you on Facebook or LinkedIn and want to connect with other UTOPIA supporters? I’ve just setup some new groups on each of these social networking sites to allow advocates to connect with each other. Join the Facebook or LinkedIn groups today!
4 Comments » - Posted in UTOPIA, Website by Jesse
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Broadweave Fails to Make November Payment
The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Broadweave has failed to make its November payment to Provo City, instead having to rely on the security deposit. CEO Steve “we’re meeting our financial goals” Christensen and Mayor Billings both tried to gloss over the missed payment while Steve Turley, predictably, has called it bad news. Of course, [...]
58 Comments » - Posted in Jeers, News, iProvo by Jesse
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Rumor Confirmed? Subscriber Says That Broadweave Isn’t Billing
One of the allegations from the Broadweave insider is that they don’t know who their customers are until they call in for support. A commenter recent confirmed this saying that they had been installed in August but have yet to receive a bill for any service and says that a neighbor is in the same [...]
9 Comments » - Posted in Jeers, Rumors, iProvo by Jesse
Monday, December 8th, 2008
Broadband Bytes Doubleheader Edition: November 22-December 5, 2008
Between visiting family in Sacramento for Thanksgiving and a business trip to Montreal (where the hotel apparently didn’t believe in reliable Internet service), I got a bit behind on the Broadband Bytes feature. Never fear: I’ll make it up to you with a special double feature to get caught up on the previous two weeks.
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