[sllug-members]: [Fwd: [UTPolitech] Competition and Privatization Subcommittee Hearing September 26th, 9:00 AM on muni fiber]

[Steve Christensen]

Clint Savage wrote:
> On 9/21/07, Scott K <zspecialk at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Why is it the state's business to keep local communities from participating
> > in a successful state venture? If they're really concerned about the
> > financial well being of the communities, maybe they should ask for pledges
> > of adoption from homes and businesses so the network build out can focus on
> > areas with the highest demand.
> >
> > I for one, am in the housing market, and I'm only looking at UTOPIA areas
> > (Midvale, Murray) to start with. I suppose such a statement doesn't sell
> > well enough to this committee, so I won't take the afternoon off to head up
> > the hill, but when my only choice is Comcast and it is buggy and unreliable
> > (monthly outages), I'd say there is no competition at all.
> 
> Scott, I am doing exactly the same.  I want *only* to use UTOPIA.
> 

If either of you (or anyone else) is interested, we've leaving our
UTOPIA-installed home in West Valley <http://utahrealestate.com/729221>
-- there's an open house tomorrow (sept 22) from noon until 3:00pm.  

It's going to be a sad, sad day when I have to settle for DSL. 


-Steve