Woods Cross joins the fast-growing list of Utah cities looking at joining UTOPIA and is considering paying for a feasibility study to determine if it's worth it to join. In addition to a presentation from David Shaw, legal counsel for UTOPIA, business leaders and residents clamored for joining the project… Continue reading
Remember how Comcast would never tell you how much bandwidth you used when they said you were using too much? A combination of insider informants and a company spokesperson has narrowed it down to somewhere between 90GB and 200GB per month. Apparently the limit depends on the market as areas… Continue reading
The Government Competition and Privatization Subcommittee will be meeting Wednesday, September 26 at 1PM. A discussion on broadband will be held around 2:30PM that will include representatives from UTOPIA and Qwest. Given how stacked the presentation was last time around, it's critically important that as many of us as possible… Continue reading
According to recent changes to UTOPIA's web site, Washington City is considering a resolution to join UTOPIA as a non-pledging member. The city council will discuss and possibly vote on the measure on September 26th. If you live in Washington City or know someone who does, now is the time… Continue reading
Farmington's City Council decided last Tuesday to take pledging status off the table and delay a vote on joining UTOPIA until a future meeting. The decision to move from pledging to non-pledging was motivated by risk tolerance; the council just doesn't feel comfortable with being on the hook in the… Continue reading
There isn't too much cohesive about these stories other than showing how badly AT&T and Verizon treat their customers. For starters, why don't we talk about SBC's actions in South Africa? They were part of a consortium granted exclusive rights to build the nation's telecommunications infrastructure after the end of… Continue reading
Now that the broadband portion of the meeting is over, I've got some overall thoughts on the presenters and some events after the close of the meeting.
Thanks to the free WiFi in the committee room, I'll be liveblogging the entire entire meeting. Check back for regular updates! I'll be here at least until noon or the break for lunch, whichever comes first. 12:44PM I got the chance to mention the $200B broadband scandal as a primary… Continue reading
The Government Competition and Privatization Subcommittee will be holding a meeting Thursday at 9AM to discuss municipal broadband. It will be held in room W125 in the House building. If you're able to, please show up to that meeting and make your voices heard! There's likely to be a lot… Continue reading
The woes at Earthlink continue as both San Francisco and Chicago tell the company to pound sand after Earthlink announced that it expects the cities to chip in for the "free" WiFi networks they planned to operate. Based on Earthlink's decision to allow 900 employees to pursue other options compounded… Continue reading