[sllug-members]: [sllug-members] UTOPIA Project in the [bad] news

[Nelson H. F. Beebe]

There is a large front-page story in the Salt Lake Tribune on Monday
31-Dec-2007 about financial difficulties in the UTOPIA Project, due
both to delayed federal government funding, and a customer base that
is 1/3 the size of that predicted.

The story is online here:

	http://www.sltrib.com/ci_7846408

P.S. UTOPIA = Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency, a
     project aimed at bringing fiber optic Internet access to homes
     and businesses in subscribing communities in the state of Utah.

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