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Broadweave buys 2 iProvo providers
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But not everyone is content with the news they received at the announcement.
City Councilwoman Sherrie Hall Everett said she's eagerly waited to learn what pricing packages would be available to current subscribers or how the transition from being.
"I was thinking there was going to be a few more Christmas presents," she said. "There's still a lot left to find out."
After the announcement, Christensen said they promise iProvo subscribers a smooth transition as they move from Mstar to Broadweave. He said they will make sure customers don't endure any outages or a decline in customer service. But he was mum on what new pricing deals iProvo subscribers could expect.
"We intend to announce that very soon," he said.
Everett said she's heard that line multiple times at meetings with Broadweave executives earlier this week, and many of those questions still haven't been answered.
"We're dealing with snippets of the contract," he said.
Everett and Turley also said they wanted to see companies' responses to the city's April 2007 request for proposals to provide telecommunications services and business opportunities on iProvo.
Everett said the responses to the RFP would give them a view of the larger picture.
City Councilman George Stewart said he doesn't think it's necessary to review the other RFP responses. Executives for Mstar which has been reported to owe the city $950,000 in past dues showed him a copy of their proposal to buy iProvo, and he said he thinks Broadweave is in a better position to assume control of the network.
"Not that Mstar was a bad company in any way," Stewart said. "It's just that Broadweave has more financial backing."
But Everett isn't so certain Provo picked the best suitor for the dance.
"I've heard rumblings of people saying, 'Hey, we didn't even know there was a dance,'" she said.
Turley said they requested the RFP responses, but they were denied. Provo spokeswoman Helen Anderson said the city is in the process of compiling the RFP responses and determining how much they can disclose. She said the city is contractually obligated to protect trade secrets and commercial information of companies that responded to the RPF.
"We have to keep our contractual obligations," she said. "But it is our intent to release as much as we can."
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