Re: Provo Fiber is in the news.

2014-01-26 Thread Barry Roberts
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 10:41 PM, Richard Esplin wrote: > > Since when did Republicans decide that giving infrastructure to a private > monopoly is unregulated capitalism? I don't know about Lindon, but in Orem, there has been some seriously poor management of UTOPIA. Millions of wasted dollars

Re: Provo Fiber is in the news.

2014-01-25 Thread Richard Esplin
I was very frustrated with the Lindon elections last fall. I attended the meet-the-candidates night, and they spoke a lot about Utopia. There were lots of comments about how to deal with the financial obligation, but not a single reference to the positive impact high speed fiber has had for our

Re: Provo Fiber is in the news.

2014-01-25 Thread Jacob Albretsen
On Friday, January 24, 2014 07:45:29 PM Tod Hansmann wrote: > On 1/24/2014 6:30 PM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > > I posted AC mentioning that > > Google Fiber's got nothing on Utopia. :) Honestly much as I hate to admit > > it, the only thing I really miss about Utah is my Utopia connection. > > It's

Re: Provo Fiber is in the news.

2014-01-24 Thread S. Dale Morrey
Wow, guess I was just lucky. I didn't realize there were any places in Orem where it had yet to be deployed. Guess I was wrong. On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 7:56 PM, Jonathan Grotegut wrote: > Yep, I have been trying to get it at my house I am living in for almost 7 > years now and can STILL not ge

Re: Provo Fiber is in the news.

2014-01-24 Thread Jonathan Grotegut
Yep, I have been trying to get it at my house I am living in for almost 7 years now and can STILL not get it at my house in south Orem. Every time I call. "There are no current plans to bring if to your neighbirhood. Pkease check back later". It is super frustrating and annoying. On Jan 24, 2014

Re: Provo Fiber is in the news.

2014-01-24 Thread S. Dale Morrey
Really? When I lived in Orem (while it was being rolled out and over the course of several years), I lived in 10 different places, houses, apartments and etc all over the city. I couldn't find a place that didn't have it available. Also had it when I lived in Murray. I was sad when I had to mov

Re: Provo Fiber is in the news.

2014-01-24 Thread Tod Hansmann
On 1/24/2014 6:30 PM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: I posted AC mentioning that Google Fiber's got nothing on Utopia. :) Honestly much as I hate to admit it, the only thing I really miss about Utah is my Utopia connection. It's only good if you can get it. It's very limited because of the mismanage

Provo Fiber is in the news.

2014-01-24 Thread S. Dale Morrey
Saw this and figured I'd link it to the group. http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/01/24/google-fiber-why-need-to-get-online-100-times-faster/ It's currently a trending topic on Slashdot. I posted AC mentioning that Google Fiber's got nothing on Utopia. :) Honestly much as I hate to admit it, the o