Tag Archive

‘Tis The Season for Another Comcast Rate Hike – Comcast Rings in New Year With Significant Increases

Published on November 23, 2011 By Don

Right on the heels of a suite of new price hikes by Time Warner Cable, Comcast is also ringing in the holiday season with price increases that will impact both the company’s broadband and television subscribers. This pricing change sheet being sent to …

Comcast, CenturyLink Fail to Stop Longmont Fiber – City Will be Allowed to Use its Own Fiber Network

Published on November 4, 2011 By Don

For years we’ve covered how ISPs have used some very sleazy tactics to stop towns or cities from deploying their own broadband. In Lafayette, Louisiana, pollsters there were hired to tell locals that a municipal fiber network meant the government would…

France Telecom to officially turn Orange next summer

Published on September 19, 2011 By Don

France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) as a corporate brand may soon be no more as France’s incumbent telco may change the name completely to Orange as early as the summer of 2012.
Citing an internal memo, a La Tribune report revealed that France Telecom intends t…

Mobile app use outpacing web browsing, says report

Published on June 21, 2011 By Don

For the first time ever, the numbers of minutes spent each day using mobile apps has surpassed the number of minutes spent surfing the Web, both on the desktop and mobile devices.

Mobile app use outpacing Web browsing, report says

Published on June 21, 2011 By Don

For the first time, the numbers of minutes spent each day using mobile apps has surpassed the number of minutes spent surfing the Web, both on the desktop and mobile devices.

Google delays decision on local fiber networks

Published on December 15, 2010 By Don

Around 1,100 U.S. towns and cities applied for Google’s high-speed fiber networking project, and the company needs more time to sort things out.

Survey: Internet ties with TV for popularity

Published on December 14, 2010 By Don

People in the U.S. spend about the same amount of time surfing the Net as they do watching TV, according to the results of a new survey from Forrester.

Orem City Manager Jim Reams Passes Away

Published on September 30, 2010 By Don

Those of you who have been following UTOPIA for some time will recognize the name Jim Reams. As Orem’s City Manager and the city’s UTOPIA board member, he was instrumental in pushing the 2008 bonds forward and was gracious enough to arrange meeting space for myself and other UTOPIA supporters in Orem. Every interaction I [...]

Internet appliances of yesteryear (photos)

Published on July 6, 2010 By Don

For a brief moment in time back in 2000, the future was bright for a crop of PC alternatives known as Internet appliances. Here’s a look back at those early Web-surfing gadgets.

So Is The Wireless Sector Competitive Or Not? – As with all network access, it depends where you live…

Published on May 28, 2010 By Don

The FCC recently issued a report on wireless industry competition that for the first time in seven years did not declare the sector to be competitive. That of course led to feigned indignation by carriers, who obviously declare every market they service to be a competitive Utopia of the highest order. Of course the reality [...]