June 13, 2008
FTTH Specialist Says Private Beats Public
ISP-Planet

When we heard that Broadweave Networks had purchased the hyped but troubled iProvo network, we called to learn more about the company. read article

June 4, 2008
Provo City Officials Approve Sale to Broadweave
Telephony World

By a vote of 4-3, Provo City Council last night approved the sale of the iProvo fiber-optic network to Broadweave Networks, creating the largest private municipal network in the U.S. read article

June 2, 2008
Couchcast Talks to Broadweave
Couchcast

Broadweave Networks recently acquired iProvo and the customers of its ISPs (Veracity, Nuvont, and MStar). They are hoping to break the monopoly that exists with the area’s other providers – Qwest and Comcast – giving customers an alternative when it comes to voice, data and video, with better quality and service. We'll talk with Steve Christensen. listen now

May 31, 2008
Sale of iProvo Appears One Step Closer
Lightwave

Provo's Municipal Council will continue its deliberations Tuesday on selling the iProvo network to Broadweave Networks. read article

May 30, 2008
BYU Alumni Helping City Save iProvo
BYU NewsNet

Steve Christensen is no stranger to pressure situations. The former BYU halfback scored two third-quarter touchdowns in a 45-44 win over Marshall Faulk's San Diego State Aztecs in 1993, including a 63-yard touchdown catch from then Cougar quarterback John Walsh. read article

May 17, 2008
New iProvo owner buys out Veracity
Daily Herald

The privatization of fiber-optics network iProvo entered its next phase with Broadweave Network's acquisition of Veracity's operations and the customer base of two other iProvo service providers, officials announced on Friday. read article

May 17, 2008
Broadweave buys 2 iProvo providers
Deseret News

PROVO — Broadweave Networks announced Friday they will buy up incumbent iProvo service providers' customers in a move they say will ameliorate the network's profuse financial bleeding. read article

May 13, 2008
FTTH: Leave it to the experts - iProvo throws in the towel
Telecommunications

If the city of Provo, Utah’s recent decision to sell its iProvo wholesale FTTH network to Broadweave Communications proves anything, it’s that sometimes building a telecom network is perhaps best left to the experts.

Not surprisingly, the deal has come with mixed reactions. read article

May 7, 2008
Broadweave to heal iProvo by shedding wholesale fiber model
Telephony Online

Broadweave Networks, a provider of fiber-based triple-play services in greenfield developments, has acquired the municipal fiber network of Provo, Utah, vowing to improve the operation by replacing its open-access wholesale model with one in which Broadweave both owns the network and offers services over it. read article

May 6, 2008
Provo to sell iProvo for $40.6 million
Desert News

Mayor Lewis Billings announced today the pending sale of the city's fiber-optic network, which provides triple-play service to more than 10,400 city residents, to Broadweave Networks, a local fiber-optic service provider. read article

September 12, 2006
Trust Lands Administration And Broadweave Networks Ink Deal, Launch Fiber Optic Community
Fiber Optics Online

Washington, UT - Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) together with Broadweave Networks has announced the groundbreaking of a new Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) Network in the Sienna Hills Master Planned Community. Sienna Hills, Washington City's most recent master-planned community, spreads 740 acres of residential and commercial developments across a breath taking, red rock landscape in the heart of color country. read article

BBP Top 100 in the Fiber Market - 2006
Broadband Properties

Vision. Great execution. Courage. Our Top 100companies have all of that, and more. Nevertheless, many companies with all of the attributes we look for – in fact, successful companies that made the list last year – are missing this year. The reason: The target has moved. Fiber has continued to mature. Today, thanks to many companies, the cost of fiber-optic deployments is little more than half what it was a year ago. Demand for broadband content is greater. The technology risk compared to coax and other competing broadband approaches is nil. In fact, the risk of NOT deploying fiber is very real, and increasing. read article (pdf)

Press Releases

Broadweave Networks to Acquire Veracity Communications
Broadweave to Replace Fiber-To-The-Home Portals on the iProvo Network
PROVO ANNOUNCES SALE OF CITY'S FIBER-OPTIC NETWORK TO BROADWEAVE