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Utah Cities To Provide High-Speed Net Access

Posted by timothy on from the municipality dept.

Instarx writes "The New York Times reports that Salt Lake City and other Utah cities plan to install an ultrahigh-speed optical network as a public utility project starting next year. The network would provide internet access [for about $28 per month] in direct competition to slower commercial offerings. The network would be capable of delivering data over the Internet to homes and businesses at speeds 100 times faster than current commercial residential offerings. It would also offer digital television and telephone services through the Internet."

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  1. Registration-Free Link by akedia · · Score: 5, Informative

    Clicky-clicky

  2. Hmmm... Maybe your employer is in trouble... by GuardianBob420 · · Score: 3, Informative

    These are all for the USA -

    From April 2003: Broadband adoption races ahead in US

    A little older, 2002: More consumers hooked on broadband

    I think you get the idea...

  3. Get real! by sunbane · · Score: 3, Informative

    Okay, ha ha... we are all a bunch of amish here. Whatever! Is there a market here for movies w/ the violence and swearing taken out? Sure. Can you still get the other R rated films as well. Yes. Would they force people to use censor'd net if they did have it? No. If anything they would just provide it as an option, which I am sure some people would appreciate, but you could still get the raw full of pr0n feed if you wanted it.

  4. Been there, done that... by H0ek · · Score: 4, Informative
    As a resident of Spanish Fork, Utah, I have already been getting cable Internet service for over a year now. Up to that point, I had been bugging AT&T and Qwest to get either cable or DSL to my house, to no avail. As soon as the city of Spanish Fork got the cable installed to my house, I cancelled all the other services and stuck with the city.

    There are some minor problems. Technically, the staff of the city network need to gain a little experience. But overall, it has been a pleasant experience and I recommend it to everyone else.

    It's about time the rest of the state catches up to us. Heck, we're just a little ol' cowboy town that barely knows how to find the 'on' button for our com-poot-urs.

    --
    H0ek
    Think you're smart? Prove you've got brains!