I've noticed a few random web surfers coming by looking for information on Qwest's heavily-advertised "Price for Life" program for DSL and thought I should let them know what exactly they're getting into. On the surface, it seems like a great idea: you guarantee that your price won't increase for… Continue reading
Get your Reality Distortion Fields ready: the Salt Lake Tribune reports that Qwest is planning on building fiber. Despite the catchy headline, it looks like this plan is a lot of smoke and no fire. Qwest plans to build a FTTN network capable of 20Mbps by the end of the… Continue reading
According to a source familiar with Provo politics, the city council will not extend any further funding to iProvo from this year's budget to cover bond payments. The city's fiber optic network has been experiencing steady losses as revenues have failed to completely cover the bond payments. When combined with… Continue reading
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