Broadband Bytes for 2011-08-13

.@UTOPIAnet connections are powering family history research in Tremonton. http://bit.ly/r5JF71 # CenturyLink took a bath on the Qwest acquisition. And it ain't over, folks. http://bit.ly/qbb9zt # Is your ISP mis-using DNS to make a few quick bucks from you? http://bit.ly/rbin7U # Huge chunk of Verizon's employees go on strike. http://bit.ly/pgM0RH… Continue reading

Does Windstream’s Acquisition of PAETEC Spell ILEC Wars?

A week and a half ago, ILEC Windstream Communications announced that it would be acquiring business telecommunications company PAETEC, a current UTOPIA provider. As of yet, nothing has been said as to if that arrangement on the network will continue. As you may recall, AT&T had planned to join UTOPIA… Continue reading

Where iProvo is Going From Here

Most of you are already aware that Veracity’s reserve fund for iProvo has reached the point of potentially triggering a default. From the news stories you’ve read, odds are good that you think that Broadweave 2.0 is about to come crashing down on the city. I’ve sat down with Veracity… Continue reading

Broadband Bytes for 2011-08-06

.@UTOPIAnet provider PAETEC to be acquired by ILEC Windstream. http://bit.ly/nEGt0h # Time Warner Cable says that Internet porn is killing their VOD revenues. http://bit.ly/nPHKCP # White spaces WiFi standard can cover 12,000 square miles. http://bit.ly/n5v2NC # Stimulus money is bring @UTOPIAnet to Layton and Centerville. http://bit.ly/n5mTWs # For what it's… Continue reading

Re-writing Reality: Utah Taxpayers Association Spins on iProvo

It’s almost become too easy to pick on the Utah Taxpayers Association when they get a story so very, very wrong. The latest work of fiction is thacceir tortured stance on iProvo, one in which they perform twists of logic to support how things have unfolded with iProvo and yet… Continue reading