ArsTechnica reports that a bill introduced by a Utah state legislator is designed to protect incumbent ISPs from competition from UTOPIA, a 16-municipality consortium that has built out a regional fiber network. The article notes that the price of a “triple-play” package (Internet, voice, TV) offered by Comcast in Layton, UT, where the company faces no fiber competition, is $242/month at < 10Mbps, whereas the triple-play package offered by Comcast in Provo, UT, where it faces competition from Google Fiber, is $120/month @105Mbps.
The full article may be found here.
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