[sllug-members]: Fiber for Salt Lake and Utah Movement

[Thomas S Hatch]

Thanks Mac, you have an excellent story!  This is exactly what we need, it
would be wise for us to begin collecting these stories signed by business
owners so we can present them.  I will make sure you are in the loop.

On 9/22/07, Mac Newbold <mac at macnewbold.com> wrote:
>
> Today at 9:16pm, Thomas S Hatch said:
> > Ok, can someone confirm this meeting time for me?  I think we should try
> to
> > meet before the meeting, determine who can go up and give them all the
> ammo
> > we can muster, it is a good start.
>
> I might not be able to make the meeting, but I'm definitely interested in
> providing any ammo and support I can. I'm the owner of a web development
> company, and we're right now in the process of moving to Murray because of
> Utopia. We're in Foothill Village right now, but can't get Comcast (even
> if we wanted to) without paying $5000 installation fee for them to trench
> a line under a driveway (no overhead lines allowed), and the best Qwest
> can get us is 1.5Mbps DSL, because the lines are lousy. (We spent most of
> last week at 600kbps down and 100kbps up until they came out and replaced
> a faulty line on our circuit.)
>
> I'd love to stay in SLC, but simply can't afford to when I can get 30Mbps
> for about $125/month if I pick up an office in centrally-located Murray.
> So if my story or voice can be of any assistance, let me know.
>
> Perhaps taking a poll might be in order? Ask around at local businesses
> and inform them about Utopia and its benefits over Comcast and Qwest, and
> ask them if they had all three available in their area, which would they
> choose. I bet we'll get some great results, even if we just present the
> facts without a sales job.
>
> By the way, we're hiring great talent, if anyone is interested. The
> positions we're looking to fill most are for PHP/MySQL web developers and
> HTML/CSS front-end developers (with or without Graphic Design or Flash or
> JavaScript skills). There's a bunch of extra money for a developer with
> the skills and talent to be a Team Lead (a management and development role
> responsible for training, QA, and estimating for the team). Someone that
> wanted to do FreeBSD sysadmin part of the time would be welcome too. Linux
> geeks are highly encouraged to apply, and FreeBSD geeks are even more
> highly favored, with OSX being a close runner up. (We'll take the right
> Windows guy too, and work on converting him.) We pay 100% of your health
> insurance (single, two-party or family plans) and pay highly competetive
> rates. We have a generous bonus plan and a lot of fun. Our new Murray
> office will have Utopia and the Game Room. Send questions and resumes to
> info at codegreene.com .
>
> Thanks,
> Mac
>
> --
> Mac Newbold                     Code Greene, LLC
>                                 1440 S. Foothill Dr. Suite #250
> Office: 801-582-0148            Salt Lake City, UT  84108
> Cell:   801-694-6334            www.codegreene.com
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