I would be very, very concerned about Google buying Utopia. Leasing capacity as a provider, ok. But introducing yet another monopoly when we were promised competition would be emotionally disconcerting to me.
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Lloyd Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
