It may be true of Eagle Mountain as well, but I was specifically referring to Spanish Fork. Spanish Fork originally built their own infrastructure becuase no private company thought it would be profitable to build it themselves. As it turned out, the number of subscribers has been so significant that several private companies have offered to buy the network from the city.
This is only half about a faster connection. The residents of Utah are so sick of the aboslutely aweful customer service provided by the only two substantial high-speed(and telecom) providers in the area that we want another option.* A smaller city in the area has recently done this same thing and it has been an overwhelming success.
*I realize public utilites don't always have the best customer service either, but at least you could switch everytime one or another provider pissed you off so you can feel better about your situtaion.
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Good point, but that already happened in Utah. The state legislature passed a law protecting projects such as UTOPIA.
It may be true of Eagle Mountain as well, but I was specifically referring to Spanish Fork. Spanish Fork originally built their own infrastructure becuase no private company thought it would be profitable to build it themselves. As it turned out, the number of subscribers has been so significant that several private companies have offered to buy the network from the city.
This is only half about a faster connection. The residents of Utah are so sick of the aboslutely aweful customer service provided by the only two substantial high-speed(and telecom) providers in the area that we want another option.* A smaller city in the area has recently done this same thing and it has been an overwhelming success. *I realize public utilites don't always have the best customer service either, but at least you could switch everytime one or another provider pissed you off so you can feel better about your situtaion.
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