Archive for November, 2009
Case for Life on Mars: Biomarkers Found in the ALH84001 Martian Meteorite Again
Thursday, November 26th, 2009Global Warming Alarmist: Evil and Wrong
Thursday, November 26th, 2009And To All Of You …
Thursday, November 26th, 2009Indianapolis Colts Look Out
Thursday, November 26th, 2009Cassini Records Saturian Aurora
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009Space Community Coming to ‘Plymouth Rock’ Human Outerspace Mission for Thanksgiving
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009STS-129 Undocked from ISS Today; Possible Tandum Sighting in Early Evening Skies
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009‘Blue Origin’ Astronaut Flights in 2012?
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009The Great Waldo - “We’ll look back and see this as the week that McDonnell lost the race. On 3 September 2009″
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009Where Ya At Kilo?
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009If you have finally learned the right way, is your knowledge already irrelevant to you?
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009Watch our newest movie, then log onto Facebook to end mountaintop removal…
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009Obama: et tu Matthews
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009Ancient Ocean of Mars Bolstered by Map
Monday, November 23rd, 2009Utopia customers lining up to pay for fiber to the home
Monday, November 23rd, 2009Jeff Daily at App Rising reports that Utopia, the big community-owned fiber project in Utah, is having substantial success getting homeowners to pay for the fiber coming to their homes--to the tune of $3,000 per home. This may sound like a lot of money, but the market value of a residential home with fiber increases by $5,000 to $7,000, according to a Render study.
Homeowners routinely spend $5,000 or $10,000 or more on home renovations like kitchen makeovers and bathroom upgrades, and they rarely see even a 1 for 1 return on the investment. Brigham City, Utah is also building fiber to the home, and they are using a model I have long advocated--a pass by and tap fee. Brigham City has created a special assessment area and is charging property owners a fair portion of the fiber network, just as cities and counties do routinely with water and sewer pass by and tap fees. As citizens and businesses begin to read about the advantages of community-owned fiber (lower prices, more choice), it will become easier for these projects to start with user-based financing from day one.