Archive for August, 2009
Monday, August 31st, 2009
Provo Municipal Council to Consider Broadweave/Veracity Deal Tomorrow
Provo’s municipal council will meet tomorrow to discuss and vote on the proposal from Veracity and Broadweave to ease up on payments for a few years. The meeting will be at 7PM in the council chambers at 351 W. Center St. I’d encourage everyone to show up and share your thoughts with the Council.
As an [...]
14 Comments » - Posted in News by Jesse
Saturday, August 29th, 2009
Broadband Bytes for 2009-08-29
(@elforesto) How bad is statewide franchise “reform”? Just ask Michigan. http://is.gd/2uYwf #freeutopia #
(@elforesto) FCC puts the wireless industry On Notice: http://is.gd/2wxSZ #freeutopia #
(@elforesto) Faster speeds means you can sell more services. http://is.gd/2wEU8 #freeutopia #
(@elforesto) 20% of 911 calls are non-emergency. Learn to use 311, boneheads. http://is.gd/2wLRG #freeutopia #
(@elforesto) CWA says that [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Broadband Bytes by Jesse
Monday, August 24th, 2009
An Evaluation of the Broadweave/Veracity Merger
I’ve spent the last week rolling over the proposed merger of Veracity and Broadweave as well as their proposal to Provo City upon which it is contingent. I’ve gotten more information from Veracity and Broadweave on their position and talked to other people who’ve been keeping an eye on things. I’m still not sure if [...]
21 Comments » - Posted in Essays, iProvo by Jesse
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009
Broadband Bytes for 2009-08-22
(@elforesto) Comcast may be building up cash to buy a media firm. http://is.gd/2kvPq #freeutopia #
(@elforesto) AT&T shutting down its broadband TV service. http://is.gd/2lkbv #freeutopia #
(@elforesto) Energy-aware Internet routing. http://is.gd/2lk8r #freeutopia #
(@elforesto) DirecTV jumps into the over-the-top game with NFL Sunday Ticket via broadband. http://is.gd/2lk69 #freeutopia #
(@elforesto) Level 3 getting in on [...]
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Take 2: Veracity/Broadweave Merger Back On
After a failed attempt at merger around a year ago, Veracity and Broadweave have decided to give a merger a second shot. The new company will be named Veracity Networks with Veracity’s Drew Peterson as CEO. Broadweave CEO Dave Moon will remain on the board.
So what’s the new company’s first step? To go to Provo’s [...]
14 Comments » - Posted in News, iProvo by Jesse
Saturday, August 15th, 2009
Broadband Bytes for 2009-08-15
(@elforesto) Broadband map will include availability and advertised speeds, but no actual speeds or prices. http://is.gd/28nxW #freeutopia #
(@elforesto) Have a Wii or PS3? No Netflix for you! http://is.gd/2cp9H #freeutopia #
(@elforesto) Without maps, the broadband stimulus will be a big bucket of fail. http://is.gd/2cqoL #freeutopia #
(@elforesto) Vermont may kick Fairpoint out of the [...]
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Saturday, August 8th, 2009
Broadband Bytes for 2009-08-08
(@elforesto) Clearwire hitting 10 more markets in less than a month. http://is.gd/213M6 #freeutopia #
(@elforesto) A takedown notice for a viral video? No, Sony cashes in instead. Smart move. http://is.gd/213mo #freeutopia #
(@elforesto) Telecom hamstrung by nearsighted companies that don’t/won’t invest in research. http://is.gd/213WE #freeutopia #
(@elforesto) Netflix streaming could be coming to the iPhone [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Broadband Bytes by Jesse
Saturday, August 8th, 2009
UTOPIA Backhaul Brings FuzeCore Wireless to Garland
Several months ago, FuzeCore said it was looking into using UTOPIA lines in Tremonton to serve the neighboring town of Garfield Garland. Looks like as of 6 weeks ago, they started doing it over a 6-mile radius that includes the neighboring towns of Elwood, Collingston, Fielding, Bothwell, and Deweyville. (Seriously, I don’t know how I [...]
10 Comments » - Posted in Cheers, News, UTOPIA by Jesse
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
The Over-the-top Genie is out of the bottle. Now what?
Capt. Video and I had a discussion a few weeks ago about how service providers handle over-the-top providers such as Vonage. Service providers are in a sticky situation as many of these services may compete with their existing products. Vonage and Skype take away phone customers. Hulu and iTunes take away video customers. So what [...]
12 Comments » - Posted in Essays by Jesse
Saturday, August 1st, 2009
Broadband Bytes for 2009-08-01
(@elforesto) Minorities dominating mobile broadband. http://is.gd/1O5ep #freeutopia #
(@elforesto) Farmington could get UTOPIA service via federal stimulus. (h/t: @danlangford) http://is.gd/1P3SQ #freeutopia #
(@elforesto) Google Voice integration with Gizmo5 makes for free outgoing calls. http://is.gd/1Pati #freeutopia #
(@elforesto) FIOS smacking down cable. http://is.gd/1Paqh #freeutopia #
(@elforesto) Exaflood? More like a trickle. http://is.gd/1Pauq #freeutopia #
(@elforesto) Verizon [...]
