If regulators sign off on it, the nation’s largest cable company will end up with a significant foothold in both the broadcast media and movie industries. Overnight, a content distributor becomes a content producer. Pre-merger, Comcast had little incentive to play along with the copyright cop ambitions of the RIAA… Continue reading
Now that the SAA has been approved in Brigham City and construction can start, we can expect that the same model will be executed in other member cities to help build out the infrastructure. Even neighborhoods not in member cities could get in on the action if they were so… Continue reading
The Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret News, and Standard-Examiner all have posted their articles on last night’s vote in Brigham City. According to the Trib, only about 70 of the over 1600 participants in the SAA opted to sign the UTA petition seeking to leave the SAA, a scant 4%. One… Continue reading
Despite some recent controversy created by the UTA and saber-rattling by Qwest’s legal team, Brigham City has signed off on the UTOPIA SAA and cleared the way to start construction immediately. This will add 1,604 customers to the network and opens the way for additional customers to join the network… Continue reading
Just a reminder that the return of the FreeUTOPIA Podcast is tomorrow at 4PM. Come listen in online and feel free to call in at (347) 838-8025. Our guest will be Bryon Wentzlaff of Prime Time Communications. Special thanks to Mike Graves of The Surfonics for permission to use one… Continue reading
Brigham City has posted a thorough rebuttal (warning: PDF) of UTA’s false and misleading mailer sent to residents earlier this week. (h/t: Paul Larsen) It thoroughly shreds the UTA’s positions which are about the same as claiming that dihydrogen monoxide is a dangerous substance. Many of them are the same… Continue reading
The City Council in Brigham City will be holding a final vote on the UTOPIA SAA on Thursday December 10 at 7PM. This vote will determine if the SAA will move forward or not. Ahead of this, the Utah Taxpayers Association has decided to start up a campaign of disinformation… Continue reading
Video has driven a big increase in traffic, but better routing away from Tier-1 providers is managing it well. http://is.gd/51iVg # As usual, telcos want billions of federal dollars with no strings attached. http://is.gd/51Y3y # Libraries are strapped for bandwidth. http://is.gd/52JDm # Comparing fiber to rail. http://is.gd/52JE4 # We like… Continue reading
Why wirelss pricing sucks. (Hint: it's our fault.) http://is.gd/4VeHB # Cable and DSL modems are perpetuating a DNS flaw that can result in DDoS attacks. http://is.gd/4VBtf # Infighting at Hulu causing all kinds of problems. http://is.gd/4WpQK # Apparently Mark Cuban is still an idiot. http://is.gd/4Wsws # New streaming STB now… Continue reading