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Press Release: UTOPIA Launches New Citizens Advisory Network

By Jesse | June 9, 2008 - 4:35 pm |June 9, 2008 Communications, UTOPIA
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UTOPIA Executive Director Todd Marriott has announced the formation of the UTOPIA Citizens Advisory Network (U-CAN) to help provide feedback from the public on the direction UTOPIA is going. Jesse Harris, a local activist who runs FreeUTOPIA.org, has been selected to chair the new group. Harris has… Continue reading →

iProvo Sale Approved

By Jesse | June 4, 2008 - 8:18 am |June 4, 2008 iProvo, Jeers, News
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By a slim 4-3 margin, Provo's Municipal Council approved the sale of iProvo to Broadweave with Sherrie Hall Everett, Steve Turley and Cindy Clark voting against the deal. Now the ball is in Broadweave's court: perform or your name is mud. This puts Provo citizens in a tough bind. If… Continue reading →

Letter to Provo's Municipal Council

By Jesse | June 3, 2008 - 8:00 am |June 3, 2008 Communications, iProvo
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I sent the following letter to members of Provo's Municipal Council on June 2, 2008. Greetings Members of the Council; I apologize for the last-minute nature of this communication. I've been waiting to collect as much information as possible before I e-mail you important information on why Broadweave is the… Continue reading →

Broadweave's Doubletalk on Project Sizes

By Jesse | June 2, 2008 - 4:10 pm |June 2, 2008 iProvo, Jeers
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If you're going to inflate your company size, it's best not to leave evidence to the contrary. Broadweave claimed in a press release that the Traverse Mountain community encompasses over 8,000 homes, yet an interview between KSL Radio and Steve Christensen of Traverse Mountain shows the project to be more… Continue reading →

Broadweave (Double)Talks iProvo on CouchCast

By Jesse | June 2, 2008 - 1:29 pm |June 2, 2008 iProvo, Jeers
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Online talk radio show CouchCast had Steve Christensen on as a guest to discuss the sale of iProvo. Go ahead and give the show a listen. A few observations: Steve Christensen said himself on the show that Broadweave has been around since 2003, yet this conflicts with his statements to… Continue reading →

Reminder: iProvo and AFCNet Meetings on Tuesday

By Jesse | June 1, 2008 - 6:35 pm |June 1, 2008 Events, iProvo
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Just a friendly reminder that Provo will be entertaining the motions to sell iProvo at a municipal council meeting on Tuesday the 3rd. The meeting will be starting at 5:30PM instead of the normal 7PM (h/t: Gary Thornock) and will include a lot of other business items as well. It's… Continue reading →

The MSTAR Legal Threat: Do they have a case?

By Jesse | June 1, 2008 - 10:24 am |June 1, 2008 iProvo
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I just took a moment to read through the city's code for disposal of surplus property to see if, as a non-lawyer, I could validate MSTAR's claims that they have a shot at legal action should the sale of iProvo be approved as currently constituted. After perusing Title 3, Chapter… Continue reading →

Notes from the iProvo Hearing

By Jesse | May 28, 2008 - 4:32 pm |May 28, 2008 Events, iProvo
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Last night, Provo's municipal council heard presentations from Broadweave, Veracity, the energy board and the telcom board on the proposed sale to Broadweave. There was a bit of new information and a lot of council skepticism. I don't have a play-by-play so much as some random thoughts. Both the energy… Continue reading →

Details of the Sale of AFCNet

By Jesse | May 28, 2008 - 3:38 pm |May 28, 2008 News, Rumors
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As usual, David Rodeback is on top of the AFCNet situation in American Fork. According to him, Surpha will buy AFCNet for $500,000 and make interest-only payments for the network with a goal to pay it off by the end of 2012. They'll lease fiber capacity from the city from… Continue reading →

Multimedia Edition: Mayor Becker on UTOPIA, Utah Taxes Now Conference on Muni Telecom

By Jesse | May 25, 2008 - 12:11 pm |May 25, 2008 iProvo, News, UTOPIA
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Coming to you today is a two-fer of audio on UTOPIA. First up is a conversation on KCPW's Midday Metro where Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker responds to a caller question on Salt Lake City's future with UTOPIA. He's definitely supportive of local decisions regarding the matter, though he's… Continue reading →

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