[sllug-members]: UTOPIA - any advice?

[u235sentinel]

Jon Fullmer wrote:
> I don't mean to beat the UTOPIA topic to death, but I got some 
> unfortunate news recently.
> 
> Cottonwood Heights (where I live) had been considering UTOPIA.  While 
> they haven't officially dropped the idea, it's not likely to survive. 
> The August 2007 Government Finance Review had an article that mentioned 
> that municipally-owned infrastructures (like UTOPIA) have typically been 
> most successful in areas where private enterprises were not willing or 
> able to provide service. The logic is that because Qwest and Comcast 
> provide "service" to the city, UTOPIA may not be as successful.
> 

How much you want to bet that's a report with Qwest and Comcast's 
fingerprints on it.