For several months now, rumors have been swirling about that Verizon may attempt to purchase Qwest, a move that would put us one step closer to a reversal of the 1984 breakup of Ma Bell. Most cite Qwest’s switch to selling re-branded Verizon Wireless service as testing the waters. Qwest… Continue reading
Remember how Broadweave was operating without a business license in any city it did business in? It seems that despite having gotten licensed to do business in South Jordan and Provo, they still can’t get their ducks in a row in Washington City. Company lawyer Jay Cobb said that Broadweave… Continue reading
The Deseret News recently ran an article on iProvo in which Mayor Billings claimed that iProvo is seeing a major turnaround under Broadweave’s direction. Certainly there are areas that have been improved drastically, live support being the most notable. Unfortunately, this improvement in response time has been at the cost… Continue reading
Cablevision was onto something awesome when they decided to do a DVR without additional hardware in your home, instead recording and playing back the streams directly from their headend with no equipment for you to maintain. Now the courts have decided that content providers are up in the night with… Continue reading
About 500 iProvo customers lost service on Thursday when a truck snagged some lines on Timpview Dr, severing 3 major cables. There were no injuries and Broadweave expects to have the lines repaired by mid-day on Sunday. This is their first test of their ability to maintain the network.
The third meeting of U-CAN was held last night in the Holladay Library and was a great discussion on how to add value to UTOPIA and make it more attractive to customers. In particular, content providers are eager to use the high bandwidth offered to offer up high-resolution live performances… Continue reading
Frontier Communications, the incumbent phone carrier in Tremonton, has decided to give UTOPIA a helping hand by implementing a 5GB monthly cap on all of their DSL customers to drive them into the arms of a competitor. By comparison, the lowest cap available from a UTOPIA provider is 20 times… Continue reading
Today’s Salt Lake Tribune had a small write-up on U-CAN today. Go check it out. UPDATE: DSL Reports picked up on it too.
Mstar announced that they have appointed their former CFO, Stephen Russo, as the new CEO of the company. According to the press release, former CEO Ben Gould still serves on the board in an advisory capacity. The press release is typical fluff and doesn’t really do much to quell rumours… Continue reading
Rolling stones gather no moss and UTOPIA is barrelling down the hill. There’s a new RFP up on their website looking for fiber splicing and testing to tentatively begin in August. The RFP closes on August 1, so it looks like they’re sticking to an aggressive expansion strategy. Good news… Continue reading