Documenting iProvo
The head of Internet Service Provider (ISP) Xmission is upset that the announced sale of the controversial iProvo fiber-optic network was botched.
Pete Ashdown charged yesterday that the sale of the public asset wasn't properly done through a public process, claiming the RFP (request for proposal) did not spell out that iProvo was seeking buyers.
Tribune reporter Don Meyers followed up, immediately requesting Provo City spokeswoman Helen Anderson to provide a copy of the RFP.
"She provided it within 5-10 minutes, apparently confident that it would vindicate her position that Ashdown has poor reading comprehension skills," said Meyers.
He's provided a copy of the document below, so folks can "decide for themselves."
75028%5B1%5D.pdf
-- DH
Pete Ashdown charged yesterday that the sale of the public asset wasn't properly done through a public process, claiming the RFP (request for proposal) did not spell out that iProvo was seeking buyers.
Tribune reporter Don Meyers followed up, immediately requesting Provo City spokeswoman Helen Anderson to provide a copy of the RFP.
"She provided it within 5-10 minutes, apparently confident that it would vindicate her position that Ashdown has poor reading comprehension skills," said Meyers.
He's provided a copy of the document below, so folks can "decide for themselves."
75028%5B1%5D.pdf
-- DH
2 Comments:
I don't need reading comprehension to find intent to sell the network in this document, I need divine inspiration. It simply isn't there. This document was a request for services and partnerships ON the iProvo network. It is as if Provo did an RFP for building tenants then sold the building.
Mayor Billings never said that the RFP from April 2007 was a request for buyers whenever he was criticized for not selling the network until he actually arranged to sell the network behind closed doors. You'd think he would have deflected the criticism earlier if their intent was crystal clear in the RFP.
Will Provo provide the response that Broadweave wrote in April? I'd be happy to provide the XMission response.
http://peteashdown.org/journal
Rumor has it that others had made offers similar to Broadweave's offer. In fact it sounds like one of the existing service providers offered to assume the bond payments, keep the network open and at the end of the bond allow Provo to still own the network. I heard they were turned down. That sounds like a better deal so you have to ask what the mayor's personal agenda is for doing a deal with Broadweave. Is he positioning for a new job after he is done being Mayor? Only time will tell.
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