[sllug-members]: Re: sllug-members Digest, Vol 41, Issue 1

[Steve]

Sign me up as well!

On Jan 2, 2008 11:55 AM, u235sentinel <u235sentinel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Steve Hildebrand wrote:
> > I was corresponding with Dr Black and a West Jordan City Council member
> > until a couple of months ago, when the City Council member was not
> > re-elected, and I read in the article that Dr Black and another founding
> > member of UTOPIA had left.  I was formulating ideas the other day to get
> > the word out, since their take rate was less than half what they
> > expected.  The article did have a good point, however, that until some
> > of the medium to larger businesses start installing UTOPIA, it is going
> > to continue to limp along.  In order to catch their attention, many of
> > the smaller businesses will need to start using UTOPIA to get a
> > competitive advantage.  After that, the larger businesses will start to
> > take notice.
> >
> > I can try to get some contacts within UTOPIA and see about providing a
> > list of City Council members for the SLC Metro and Provo area, if anyone
> > is interested in a letter writing campaign.
> >
>
> Sign me up for the letter writing campaign.  I've several printers all
> networked and computers.  I can get letters out pretty fast when
> motivated :-)
>
> Also I'd be interested in whomever we need to bump to help motivate them
> along.
>
> The BIGGEST problem IMO with Utopia is a lack of advertising.  People
> simply have no clue and need to be educated.  The rest of the world is
> moving forward with fiber while we ignore it.  A new term I've not heard
> before (Internet Brownouts) is becoming commonplace in articles I read
> about our failing infrastructure.  I'm afraid without something like
> Utopia it will become a common term often used.
>
> BTW, what ever happened with the Utopia grassroots group for Salt Lake
> City?  I haven't heard anything for some time and was hoping it was
> still around :-)
>
> West Jordan besides the blog I maintain, I've been sending email's with
> news of things I hear happening and who to bug in moving us along the
> right path.
>
> For instance, I'm pushing to get the latest bill from Senator Stephenson
> and Rep. Craig Frank killed.  Also pushing for a bill I've been tracking
> in D.C. to become law (it would prevent states from messing with
> projects like utopia).
>
> Hopefully people will wake up and stop accepting mediocre as normal.
>
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