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.)
The Truckee Donner Public Utility District won a court case against the incumbent broadband provider clearing the way for a new municipal fiber system in the California town of under 14,000. It looks likely that they will partner with SureWest Communications, a medium telco, to build and operate the network…. Continue reading
Vermont's Legislature passed a bill requiring universal broadband and cell phone service. The mountainous state is notorious for cell phone dead spots and most of the rural state doesn't have access to broadband services, even under the weakling 200K definition. It includes provisions for faster approval for new facilities (including… Continue reading
Remember how Qwest had been inquiring about a FTTH, FTTP or FTTC network a few months ago? The word on the street is that they're now going to announce a big purchase of equipment that supports all three technologies for rolling out a brand new fiber network. It'll probably be… Continue reading
If you’re seeing this, welcome to the new webserver! Due to traffic demands on the old server, I’ve relocated FreeUTOPIA.org to Slicehost. This should mean a definite increase in both speed and availability. Be sure to let me know if you experience any oddities. As a side note, I’ve also… Continue reading
The rural town of Pulaski, TN has recently opened their FTTP network to all residents in the city. The network offers triple-play services for about $100 a month at a cost of a $17.9M bond to be paid off in 17 years. It'll be interesting to watch this project and… Continue reading
iProvo is on-track to pass the 10,000 subscriber mark within the next few months, nearing in on their revised "break even" numbers of 12,000 to 14,000 subscribers. They're currently projecting that summer sales will be more brisk than their current 60 new accounts a week with the sales now aiming… Continue reading
Due to the excessive amount of incoming spam in the last few days, I've turned on the Bad Behavior plugin to try and limit it. This might cause some legitimate access to be blocked, but I've not had any reports of problems on other blogs I've used it on. It… Continue reading