Archive for February, 2010
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
UTOPIA Signs Telesphere as a New Service Provider
You heard it here first: UTOPIA has signed a deal with Telesphere to offer business voice and data services. Telesphere specializes in hosted PBX solutions, a nice differentiation between traditional SIP trunks or ATAs sold by most other providers, and has additional presence in Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Denver. These kinds of managed services are [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Cheers, News, UTOPIA by Jesse
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Dispelling the Rumors: Prime Time Isn’t Going Under
I’ve had several people now express concern over recent bankruptcy filings in other states by Prime Time Communications. More than a few people seem to be dedicated to fear-mongering that the entire company is about to fold. Unfortunately for the rumor mill, that’s entirely untrue. Here’s what’s really happening.
When a construction company starts a new [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Jeers, News by Jesse
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
UEN Awarded $13.4M in Stimulus Money
Utah hasn’t been doing so well in receiving money under the broadband stimulus, but it looks like UEN just scored a winner. According to MuniWireless, UEN will get $13.4M under BTOP to run fiber to 130 elementary schools. So far, it doesn’t look like anyone else in Utah has gotten money under Round 1.
No Comments » - Posted in News by Jesse
Friday, February 19th, 2010
Want to attend NAB2010 in Las Vegas? Readers can go for free
I’m very excited to announce a special deal for blog readers: admittance to NAB2010 for nothing at all. The National Association of Broadcasters holds an annual convention in Las Vegas to showcase all of the latest and greatest in content production and distribution for television and film. This year, they have an exhibit area on [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Events by Jesse
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
The Forum is Down Until Further Notice
I noticed that the forum wasn’t working properly earlier today. Both the RSS feeds and permalinks were broken without notice. An attempted upgrade to a newer version of bbPress did not resolve it (and, in fact, made the problem worse). I’ll let you know when it’s working again.
No Comments » - Posted in Website by Jesse
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Spanish Fork Voice Pricing Available
Spanish Fork has let a few more details out about their new voice product in a recent article in the Deseret News. The service will be $14.95/mo and long distance will be billed at $0.04/min. Triple play bundles will run around $84/mo, better than most introductory offers from competitors. The city has contracted with Veracity [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Cheers, News by Jesse
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
UTOPIA Announces That They Will Pursue Google Fiber RFI
Today on the steps of city hall in West Valley City, UTOPIA announced their intention to pursue an RFI with Google on their ambitious fiber-to-the-home project. Mayors of several of the cities spoke strongly in favor of the idea and provided examples of how UTOPIA fiber is already enriching their cities. Several also pointed out [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Cheers, News by Jesse
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
XMission Voice Extended to Businesses
As of today, XMission now offers their voice service to businesses as a pure SIP trunk. As with any business service, pricing is on a per-case basis and will require a quote. Hopefully UTOPIA business customers currently paying another carrier for voice service will consider switching.
No Comments » - Posted in News by Jesse
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Google Fiber in Utah: Contact Your Elected Officials
A critical component of convincing Google that their fiber optic build should be located in the Beehive State is participation not just from you and me, but also from elected officials. While it will be obvious that you should contact your city council members and mayor, have you also considered contacting your state legislators? Here’s [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Communications by Jesse
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Google Wants to Build Muni Fiber; Tell Them to Build it Here
Google pretty much send the entire telecom world spinning by announcing today that it would like to build a 1Gbps fiber network to cover a footprint of between 50,000 and 500,000. More significantly, Google is requiring that the project be an open wholesale network with heavy municipal involvement. In fact, the Mountain View company has [...]
