Archive for January, 2010
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
SFCN Adds Phone Service
Spanish Fork is one of the more unassuming municipal systems in the country, making around $400K per year for city coffers while providing some rock-bottom rates for service. In fact, news about them is often few and far between. The Daily Herald reports today, however, that they’re upping the stakes with new voice service. The [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in News by Jesse
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
The SAA: Is Centerville Next?
A commenter asked about the future of UTOPIA in Centerville and a search of the city website turned up some hints from the city council meeting on January 5. According to those minutes, Centerville is considering a Special Assessment Area (SAA) to cover the city with service, but the city council hasn’t yet taken any [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in UTOPIA by Jesse
Friday, January 15th, 2010
Letter to the Editor: Utah Taypayers Association Lacks Credibility on UTOPIA
The following letter to the editor was submitted to the Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret News, Daily Herald, Ogden Standard-Examiner, and Davis County Clipper. It was published in the Clipper and an abbreviated version is currently slated to appear in the Tribune.
UPDATE: Here’s the letter published in the Tribune.
Whenever there is criticism leveled towards UTOPIA, you [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Communications by Jesse
Sunday, January 10th, 2010
UTOPIA Launches Updated Website, Adds New Provider
Looks like UTOPIA has finally launched a new website. It looks a lot better than the old one and appears to include a way to see where service is available, though that feature is currently down. It’s definitely a marked improvement over the old one.
The service provider list also shows that Voonami is now a [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in UTOPIA by Jesse
Friday, January 8th, 2010
January 2010 Podcast
3 Comments » - Posted in News by Jesse
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Reminder: Podcast Tomorrow
Tomorrow’s podcast will be at 4PM with a guest from Veracity Networks. We’ll talk UTOPIA, iProvo, and anything else that happens to come up. As usual, feel free to call in or tweet questions and join us in the chat room.
No Comments » - Posted in Podcast by Jesse
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Will the Fight Between Scripps and Cablevision Break Cable’s Back?
Retransmission fights between cable companies and station owners is not a rare thing, but networks actually disappearing from the line-up isn’t common at all. It’s been almost a week since Scripps pulled their channels, including Food Network and HGTV, from Cablevision, leaving many New York City customers without access to these stations. Even more remarkable, [...]
