The problem is that if they do that, the city is still on the hook for the network maintenance, etc. As Steve said, the city has been trying to get rid of it for years.
Now, what would be really cool is if there was some deal between Utopia and Google Fiber. But that's a completely different discussion. Lloyd Brown Systems Administrator Fulton Supercomputing Lab Brigham Young University http://marylou.byu.edu On 04/17/2013 02:50 PM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > Maybe they should consider letting multiple carriers offer services on it > simultaneously ala Utopia. > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Steve Meyers <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 4/17/13 2:35 PM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: >>> Thought they sold it in some insider deal a few years ago. Broad >> something >>> or other networks. >> >> They keep on selling it, and then the provider defaults on the payments >> and they get it back. It's happened 3 times, I think. >> >> STeve >> >> /* >> PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net >> Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug >> Don't fear the penguin. >> */ >> > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
