Archive for March, 2009
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
BREAKING: Nuvont Selling iProvo Customers to Broadweave
A solid source tells me that Nuvont is selling their iProvo customers to Broadweave effective today. Nuvont will retain its VoIP and Internet customers on UTOPIA and remain a service provider there. This isn’t much of a surprise given that Broadweave would likely not negotiate an extension of existing contracts. Nuvont has reportedly already moved [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in News, iProvo by Jesse
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
BREAKING: Broadweave CEO Steve Christensen to Step Down as CEO, Leave Company Today
Inside sources confirm the rumor from a month ago: Steve Christensen will leave his position as CEO of Broadweave and will not longer be a part of the company effective today. After months of relying on the line-of-credit to make the bond payment and facing an increasingly hostile HOA in Traverse Mountain, investors at EsNet [...]
17 Comments » - Posted in Rumors, iProvo by Jesse
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
UTOPIA in Perry: “Real Soon Now” Becomes July
Forum commenter ALinPerry reports receiving a notice with his utility bill that UTOPIA will be going door-to-door in Perry next month to gauge interest in getting service. If interest is high enough, UTOPIA will finish the west side of town and add new subscribers as early as July. If you’ve been waiting for UTOPIA in [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Rumors, UTOPIA by Jesse
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
UTOPIA in Layton
The Standard has an article on UTOPIA’s launch in Layton with some more details as to how things are going. UTOPIA reportedly is available in an 1800-home footprint in Layton and is up to a 20% take rate so far with 40% of visited homes taking service. There’s now reportedly more than 8,000 subscribers, not [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in News, UTOPIA by Jesse
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Broadband Bytes: March 7-13, 2009
A new study shows that broadband growth is starting to level off while a separate study claims we’re paying as much as $3 per minute for our cell phones. We’re also getting more details of the broadband stimulus package (sparse as they may be), Comcast claims to have more phone customers than Qwest (seriously!), and [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Broadband Bytes by Jesse
Saturday, March 14th, 2009
FreeUTOPIA Podcast for March 14, 2009
Our guest is Warren Woodward of XMission. The audio quality is much better than last time (did a mic check this time through), though a connectivity hiccup halfway through kind of broke up the conversation.
FreeUTOPIA Podcast 03-14-2009
No Comments » - Posted in Podcast by Jesse
Friday, March 13th, 2009
Live Mesh and the Need for More Bandwidth
I’ve recently been playing around with Microsoft’s new Live Mesh Beta, a service that lets you sync files between multiple computers and allows you to RDP into any of them. So far, it’s been really great. I can edit a file on my work PC, open it up at home, then import it in a [...]
12 Comments » - Posted in Essays by Jesse
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
UTOPIA Open House in Layton, March 17
According to a flyer that a friend of mine received, Layton Mayor Steve Curtis and UTOPIA will be holding an Open House Tuesday, March 17th 2009 from 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM. Layton Mayor Steve Curtis and UTOPIA CEO Todd Marriott will be making brief comments at 11:00 AM. This open house will be held [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Events, UTOPIA by Mike Taylor
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
New Podcast This Saturday at 1PM
I’ll be recording another podcast this Saturday at 1PM. Our guest will be Warren Woodward of XMission. Feel free to tune in live at podcast.freeutopia.org using TeamSpeak.
No Comments » - Posted in Podcast, Website by Jesse
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
Broadband Bytes: February 28-March 6, 2009
This week’s top stories include a white spaces fight, a clearing backlog of DTV converter coupons, and the wrapping up the The Pirate Bay’s copyright infringement trial. There’s also cool gadgetry (including some that should give studio execs heartburn) and a little bit of kissing and making up between Boxee and Hulu. All that and [...]
