A surprisingly accurate story from the Deseret Morning News (no, really) reveals further details on UTOPIA's current build progress. Here's a list of the current completion per city: Lindon: 95-99% Payson: 95-99% Tremonton: 95-99% Perry: 50% Orem: 50% Murrary: 50% Midvale: 40% Brigham City: 33% Centerville: 25% Layton: 15% West… Continue reading
At least one city council has cold feet about additional commitments for UTOPIA. City officials in Centerville are going to ask some hard questions leading up to the city council meeting on April 22 where the fate of the new bonds will be decided. As preparation for it, they'll be… Continue reading
If you live in Tremonton, Brigham City, Perry, Centerville or Layton, I have good news: UTOPIA plans to resume construction Real Soon Now(TM). So long as city councils approve the reconstruction of the loans, construction will begin in the northernmost cities this May with construction in Davis County to pick… Continue reading
I've now sent e-mails to all candidates for Governor, State Senate and State House, though a surprising number of candidates either did not submit an e-mail address or submitted an e-mail address that's invalid! I'm planning on sending out snail-mail versions of the surveys to these candidates, but if you… Continue reading
After months of working with PacketFront, the company that acquired DynamicCity, UTOPIA has pulled back the curtain on their new plan and model. They plan to re-bond for a longer term (32 years instead of 20 years) with a lower interest rate, adding about $20M in cash to their reserves…. Continue reading
I've just finished touching up the questions on the wiki and have sent the first round of e-mail questionnaires to federal candidates in Utah. Once I have one last e-mail address, I'll also fire off a copy to the candidates for governor. Hopefully we'll get some speedy responses and be… Continue reading
I've just gotten word that the Woods Cross City Council will be discussing UTOPIA membership once again at their next meeting tomorrow, Tuesday March 18th at 6:30PM. The City Council has been waiting for announcements concerning UTOPIA's new model before deciding on any action and hasn't heard anything from them… Continue reading
The word on the street is that some recent closed-door meetings with Provo Mayor Lewis Billings and members of the Provo City Council could mean that iProvo is about ready for some big changes. Right now we've got nothing more than speculation, but the Deseret Morning News points to an… Continue reading
You know that old saying that you have to spend money to make money? It seems like that's where our national broadband policy has come to. With slow average speeds and high per-megabit prices, EDUCASE, an association of college IT managers, says that it could run up to $100B to… Continue reading
One of the biggest problems facing supporters of municipal broadband projects is a distinct lack of information on where a candidate stands. All too often, you'll only find out where they are after it's too late and we get an SB66 heaped upon us. To that end, I've decided that… Continue reading