How much will Google pay to bring fiber to Provo, Utah? Try $1

2013-04-21 Thread Charles Curley
How much will Google pay to bring fiber to Provo, Utah? Try $1 Not a bad price for a $39m network build-out By Neil McAllister in San Francisco • Get more from this author Posted in Broadband, 19th April 2013 21:52 GMT Choosing the small city of Provo, Utah as the next location to receive

Re: How much will Google pay to bring fiber to Provo, Utah? Try $1

2013-04-21 Thread Bryan Peterson
The $1 is because the very first thing they have to do is replace virtually everything but the fiber because there has been essentially no hardware upgrades since it was first built out about 10 years ago. The estimated cost is around $20 million or something like that. Then they are extending

Re: How much will Google pay to bring fiber to Provo, Utah? Try $1

2013-04-21 Thread Steve Meyers
On 4/21/13 7:08 AM, Charles Curley wrote: How much will Google pay to bring fiber to Provo, Utah? Try $1 Not a bad price for a $39m network build-out Some commentary on it: http://transmission.xmission.com/2013/04/18/the-1-fiber-optic-network

Sad news

2013-04-21 Thread Alec Shaw
Hi pluggers, After a long battle with cancer, it is with a heavy heart that I share that my dad, Alec Shaw, has passed away with all of you. He passed away in the early hours of Wednesday morning on April 17. His son, Stephen Shaw For those who are wanting to attend Alec Shaw's funeral, it

Re: Sad news

2013-04-21 Thread Michael Torrie
Stephen, thank you for sharing this sad news with us. My condolences go to you and your family. Michael /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */

Re: Sad news

2013-04-21 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 21 Apr 2013, at 16:44, Alec Shaw shaw.a...@gmail.com wrote: After a long battle with cancer, it is with a heavy heart that I share that my dad, Alec Shaw, has passed away with all of you. He passed away in the early hours of Wednesday morning on April 17. I am sorry for your loss. May