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Windstream breaks ground on Oklahoma broadband stimulus project

Published on January 19, 2012 By Don

Stilwell, Okla. is the latest town that will benefit from Windstream’s (Nasdaq: WIN) broadband stimulus program, as the ILEC has begun building out necessary network facilities in the area to deliver broadband services to area residential and business …

Windstream adds S.C. to its latest broadband stimulus work order

Published on November 18, 2011 By Don

Windstream’s (Nasdaq: WIN) move to begin construction on its latest broadband stimulus project in South Carolina shows that the telco is accelerating its project completion schedule.
To date, the service provider has begun projects in six states, inclu…

Claude Shannon, pioneered digital information theory

Published on October 4, 2011 By Don

Shannon

Driven by a passion to understand “how things were put together,” Claude Shannon, who was a distant cousin of Thomas Edison, planted the seed for today’s digital communications network. His legacy as the father of digital communica…

Site Updates: New Theme, Forums Down for Work

Published on September 14, 2011 By Don

No need to adjust your picture, this is the same Free UTOPIA you know and love. The old theme had become dated, both in terms of having been around for a while and not conforming to the latest visual standards, and it was time for a change. Text should be more readable, especially with inline [...]

Site Updates: New Theme, Forums Down for Work

Published on September 14, 2011 By Don

No need to adjust your picture, this is the same Free UTOPIA you know and love. The old theme had become dated, both in terms of having been around for a while and not conforming to the latest visual standards, and it was time for a change. Text should be more readable, especially with inline [...]

Windstream begins work on Kentucky broadband stimulus project

Published on September 13, 2011 By Don

Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN) has put the backhoe in the ground for its first broadband stimulus project in Shepherdsville, Ky., an upgrade of its existing network.

Windstream’s East coast coverage

But it won’t be the only project on tap fo…

Re-writing Reality: Utah Taxpayers Association Spins on iProvo

Published on August 4, 2011 By Don

It’s almost become too easy to pick on the Utah Taxpayers Association when they get a story so very, very wrong. The latest work of fiction is their tortured stance on iProvo, one in which they perform twists of logic to support how things have unfolded with iProvo and yet continue to vilify what UTOPIA [...]

Jeff Storey, Level 3 Communications: Wireline’s most powerful people

Published on June 22, 2011 By Don

What makes him powerful:

Jeff Storey, President & COO, Level 3 Communications

Jeff Storey may have only joined Level 3 Communications (Nasdaq: LVLT) in 2008, but his connection to the company dates back to 2005 when Level 3&nb…

Broadband Forum, IPv6 Forum work to drive IPv6 adoption in broadband networks

Published on June 3, 2011 By Don

The Broadband Forum and the IPv6 Forum have developed a pact to drive adoption of IPv6 in broadband networks, an effort to create a foundation for broadband providers and consumers to leverage applications and devices that will connect to the IPv6-base…

KPN lowers 2011 outlook, plans to cut 5,000 Dutch employees

Published on April 21, 2011 By Don

KPN’s Eelco Block may still be new to his job as company CEO, but he’s got his work cut out for himself as the Netherland’s largest service provider revealed that it could miss its 2011 financial targets and that it will have to make massive job cuts o…