Roger Timmerman's guest appearances

Roger Timmerman

Light Reading Podcasts

The Broadband Bunch

Shirley Bloomfield

John Badal

Francella Ochillo

Craig Settles

Peggy Schaffer

David Gilford

Matt Larsen

John Deere

Nick Weaver

Paul Brodsky

Scott Willis

Iain Morris

David Gray

Dave Ward

Gary Smith

OwlTail

On this episode, we hear from Roger Timmerman, CEO of UTOPIA Fiber, an open access municipal fiber network in the state of Utah, formed by a group of 11 cities in 2004. (UTOPIA stands for Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency.)As an open access network, UTOPIA provides fiber and infrastructure, but not service. Instead, customers can choose from a variety of participating local providers, including Rise Broadband, Veracity Networks, Fibernet and others.We discuss why these cities chose the municipal open access model, how it works and why it works. And we get into the ongoing debate around federal support for municipal networks, and what other municipalities should be prepared for as they embark on building out broadband. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, we hear from Roger Timmerman, CEO of UTOPIA Fiber, an open access municipal fiber network in the state of Utah, formed by a group of 11 cities in 2004. (UTOPIA stands for Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency.)As an open access network, UTOPIA provides fiber and infrastructure, but not service. Instead, customers can choose from a variety of participating local providers, including Rise Broadband, Veracity Networks, Fibernet and others.We discuss why these cities chose the municipal open access model, how it works and why it works. And we get into the ongoing debate around federal support for municipal networks, and what other municipalities should be prepared for as they embark on building out broadband.<br/><p> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

The Divide: UTOPIA Fiber's Roger Timmerman on serving Utah with open access muni broadband

In this episode, we speak with Roger Timmerman, CEO and Kim McKinley, CMO of Utopia Fiber an Open Access Network model that promotes competition in all telecommunications services. UTOPIA operates as a wholesale fiber optic network and is prohibited from providing retail services. There are currently 17 retail service providers on the UTOPIA network. UTOPIA's 15 service areas, represent nearly a third of all communities in the United States that can enjoy 10 gigabit service via a publicly owned network - 100 times faster than the national average.  Click now to listen to this incredibly interesting and informative episode. Remember to subscribe to never miss an episode!

“We don't compete with the private sector. We enable the private sector.” - Roger Timmerman, Utopia