Brian Sweeting

Yesterday I saw some workers digging a trench about a block west of where I live. The trucks had an “Atlantic Engineering” sign on the side. I remembered hearing something about Atlantic Engineering being the company that was working with the City of Provo to install fiber for the iProvo project, a municipal broadband project offering FTTH (Fiber To The Home).

So this morning I called up Mstar, one of the service providers for iProvo (as well as Utopia). I was elated to hear that my area was now built out and ready for service. I set up an appointment to get iProvo internet and cable television, bundled together for $79. I also tried getting the VOIP telephone service, but the provider Veracity seems to be having some issues, so Mstar is not taking orders for that yet.

This marks the beginning of the end of my relationship with Qwest. My DSL speed is currently “up to” 3Mb down and 1.5 up. With iProvo, I will have a 10Mb connection up and down. This is going to be sweet. I’ll blogging more about my experience with my fiber connection, and other services as I get them. Installation is set for Monday, September 19th.