Quoting Andrew McNabb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I read today that iProvo is having financial trouble [1]. They're > complaining that they only have half of the subscribers that they had > projected. I'm really not surprised. They stink.
> I went and talked to the manager of the apartment complex, who it > turns > out has been talking to both Veracity and MSTAR. She's spent hours on > hold and has been treated pretty badly, especially for someone who has > nearly 500 residents. Even though iProvo advertises 10 mbps, they can > only offer 1 mbps _for the entire complex_, and they want to charge > $40,000 upfront for installation ($333 per apartment). I don't know much about iProvo, but I hope for their sake that they're not exclusive to Provo. When you consider that this is a college town and that most people live in apartment complexes, these business practices are a pretty bad idea. Still, their presence means that Comcast has docked their prices nicely. At least for a year they have. -Jamie K. Cummings- -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
