I wonder what the final solution will be? Google Fiber would be altering the long term planning I would think.
From: Roger Timmerman Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 9:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Vivint Hi Chuck, It's been about 20 months since I was at UTOPIA, but I still keep tabs on them. They are still growing and making progress financially, but won't ever get to the point of covering their initial debt. The initial team spent way too much money for far too little to ever completely dig themselves out of debt without subsidy from their cities. However, they have been able to cover debt service and then some, for all new debt taken down in the last 6 years or so, so they have at least been able to justify their continued existence with limited growth. Roger On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 7:33 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: So Roger, What is UTOPIA up to these days? From: Roger Timmerman Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 10:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Vivint Brett, I think you are exaggerating somewhat. I'm not surprised that you would see increased interference when Vivint, or any other competitor enters the area, and that you would have to make some adjustments, but going to the extreme of having customers completely avoid 5GHz in their homes is going a little far. It's probably not surprising that I have Vivint service. I also live in an area with strong Vivint coverage, and 5GHz works just fine in my home, and works fine in the homes of our (Vivint) customers. Educating customers to try a different channel if their Wifi isn't working well is probably good advice for anyone, but to suggest that their problems are all caused by some new competing provider is not helpful nor is it accurate. I think a good video explaining in-home Wifi and how to troubleshoot it could be helpful, as long as it isn't heavy handed with accusations about competitive interference. Suggesting the use of a quality router instead of the cheapest router on the shelf at Best Buy would probably go further to improve customer's in-home wifi than anything else. Roger Timmerman
