Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah

Re:Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah by Osiris on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @04:11PM (#5566836)

I was at BYU when iProvo was launched. I believe it was offering 10mbps up/down at the time, which was 10x faster than the DSL I had. Unfortunately, I was in an apartment building and they couldn't install the service without permission from the building owner.

Also, the Salt Lake City corridor was involved in building a fiber network around the same time, I believe called "Utopia".

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Re:Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah by mrchucklepants on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @04:19PM (#5566897)

iProvo was 15Mb symmetric when it launched. I had it as soon as it was available on my street.

Sadly, Utopia is a financial mess (even more than iProvo became).

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Re:Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah by Osiris on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @04:22PM (#5566922)

I had waited forever for them to open up my 'region' and I was pretty annoyed when I found out they couldn't install it in the building.

Given the pricing and speed, I'm actually surprised that more people didn't sign up for it. Was it just a marketing problem? (I left Provo in 2005)

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Re:Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah by gonzo on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @05:43PM (#5567475)

I left Provo in 1983, when BYU was not yet on ARPAnet, Ethernet was really new, and I was one of the few who had dialup access to the Vaxes from home.

Be happy. :-)

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