- Streaming services of all kinds are now in the crosshairs. Thanks, SCOTUS! http://t.co/eX7No6fnEd ->
- In which cable pretends they have nothing to do with rate hikes. http://t.co/cYWWy1H0PK ->
- Tribune writer George Pyle: UTOPIA's competition is necessary for net neutrality in Utah. http://t.co/1iBP7uTLDo ->
- Broadband Bytes for 2014-06-27 http://t.co/cXtlKOoLFM ->
- Lewis Billings: despite its issues, UTOPIA is vital infrastructure. http://t.co/d7qEGL8fLe ->
- Despite how equitable the plan is, Macquarie may need to drop the utility fee to move forward. #utpol http://t.co/OiUSKtJ6y8 ->
- UTOPIA's board is meeting this week and it's assumed they'll be talking about Macquarie. http://t.co/CnALRLNwWh ->
- XMission: this encrypted message will self-destruct. http://t.co/DbIs6mkds9 ->
- The Standard-Examiner's article on the Macquarie votes taken so far. http://t.co/Vncdgmky5N ->
- You're footing the power bill for Comcast's free WiFi. http://t.co/2CgUUyj7B3 ->
- Signing away your franchise authority to Google may not work out so well. http://t.co/CyoybqdmpV ->
- Allowing companies to act in the interest of their financial security while calling it network security? That's bad. http://t.co/DBRGDiSxfo ->
- SCOTUS may have reversed the recent Cablevision ruling and not even your lawyer knows for sure. http://t.co/bFit9t20yN ->
- The UTOPIA board votes follow the city council votes on moving forward with Macquarie. http://t.co/8K2dszgqxe ->
- Google realized that closing signups in the summer in a COLLEGE TOWN was really, REALLY stupid. http://t.co/J8Avak6b8K ->
- The DNews article on the UTOPIA board vote. http://t.co/GTDdov6x5v ->
- "Nobody needs a gigabit!" Except that the average download demand will hit 165Mbps this decade. http://t.co/yMWx3pVDNm ->
- This long read on monopolies is particularly applicable to telecom. http://t.co/QvZn7Siss0 ->
- Yes, the Internet is a utility on par with electricity. http://t.co/Bx4lB6Hanp ->
- Building networks is not enough. We need to train people on how to use them. http://t.co/7Qav8voqXE ->
- Aereo's last hope is lobbying a do-nothing Congress. So yeah, they're kind of hosed. http://t.co/bgnE6WVJTh ->
- Comcast has inside people at the DOJ working their merger case. http://t.co/KvLJdM2WM6 ->
- If you're in Layton, some residents are trying to put together a cottage meeting on UTOPIA and Macquarie. http://t.co/BTT2QSkD2B ->
- There are plenty of things you need quality wired broadband for. Wireless won't cut it. http://t.co/xHDwt94mUG ->
- Streaming is gaining on cable. http://t.co/qywXpjMOyb ->
Broadband Bytes for 2014-07-04
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Somehow I missed this earlier in the week:
(from the DNews article):
Monday’s vote does not commit UTOPIA to accepting Macquarie’s proposal, he said, but instead allows for cities to proceed with more information. But cities participating in Milestone 2 are also subject to greater exit costs if the deal with Macquarie is ultimately abandoned.
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Does this mean that cities that voted not to proceed with Milestone 2, could still reverse course and vote to proceed with Milestone 3 without ill effect? I know Jesse has said that cities could “opt back in” later, but that paragraph seems to imply that since the UTOPIA board is proceeding, then cities like Payson are getting a free ride through milestone 2 (which sounds suspiciously like what Payson has been doing for the last few years). Did Payson’s representative even bother to show up to cast the vote directed by the city council?
Cities who didn’t move forward with MS2 can opt back in, but they will still have to come up with the money in escrow for the final report and it will likely be more expensive and/or delayed since they are not acting as a large group anymore. There will be no more free rides and cities will likely get bills for their share of opex by the end of the year.
I would think the largest cost would come from a separate bonding phase, if the cities opt back in before MS3’s bonding occurs, it will still cost them more, but perhaps not as much as it otherwise would.
Jesse do you expect (or know/have heard) if that bill will include past amounts? Specifically for payson (not sure if any other cities are in this boat) you’ve mentioned that they haven’t paid their share of the opex for a while now. I know I looked at the budget they were proposing, and there’s only bond payments allocated, with nothing for opex. That doesn’t make me too optimistic.
I don’t know for sure one way or the other, but I’d be surprised if it didn’t. UTOPIA can’t afford to just write that off.