With low take rates, political spats and pesky introductory discount rates, Earthlink posted a $30M loss for Q1 blamed on a shrinking dial-up business and expensive WiFi rollouts. With just 2,000 regular subscribers, a handful of government contracts and the upcoming auction of the lucrative 700MHz spectrum by the FCC,… Continue reading
Provo Mayor Lewis Billings rolled out a new city budget where iProvo funding takes center stage. The city plans to loan an additional $1M to the project to cover bond payments while seeking additional service providers and pushing additional commercial accounts. Signing up businesses for iProvo service will be critical… Continue reading
It's earnings report season, and it looks like the short-term thinking of investors has been ruling the day with telcos. Verizon has watched earnings tumble as they make significant investments in their FIOS system while Qwest tripled their profits by building a whole lot of nothing and cutting retirement benefits…. Continue reading
Maybe they're too busy catering to the high end. They just dropped a press release touting a new fiber network in some luxury condos in California. I suppose the "little people" don't hold much interest when there's not phat sacks full of cash money involved. (See press release here.)
Comcast recently posted an 80% increase in quarterly revenue on strong growth of triple-play services and reduced customer churn. This might also have something to do with jacking up my basic digital TV service by about $6 a month. The article also makes no mention of the bad PR they've… Continue reading
According to a survey by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the US has a laggard rate of broadband adoption, we pay too much for it, and we're giving up a ton of economic benefits by not having it. From a high of #4 in 2001, we've dropped to… Continue reading
At a meeting of wired communities, Gov. John Huntsman had ample praise for the job done by UTOPIA in building out its fiber network. Officials from several foreign countries were in attendance as well as Paul Morris, UTOPIA's executive director. Hey Governor: how about some love for those of us… Continue reading
A sign of a booming broadband business with both iProvo and UTOPIA, MSTAR has moved to a larger facility in Orem to meet growing demand for services. As the only triple-play provider on both networks offering voice, video and data, they're bound to grow into (or out of) that new… Continue reading
The FTTH Council is pushing for a national standard of 100Mbps broadband for all American households by 2015. This would place us behind other countries (like Singapore, which plans to have 1Gbps by then), but it would be a major step forward in getting true broadband adopted nationwide. (See press… Continue reading
Centerville's planning commission approved the site of the main UTOPIA hub within the city, paving the way for the service to be rolled out. There's no specific dates, but construction should start this summer to provide services by year's end. (See full article here.)