PRESS ROOM

PROPOSAL TO THE WATERLOO TELECOM UTILITY

PRESS RELEASE

CITY’S TELECOM UTILITY FORMATION, COMMISSIONER APPOINTMENT
From KWWL- TV (12/20/2005)

Mayor Hurley says he has received numerous applications and sought out several potential candidates. But in the end, he says he picked the commission on their will to do the work and knowledge of the telecom buisiness. During Monday night's council meeting, the telecom board received unanimous approval.

The board consists of five people from the city of Waterloo, including Doris Kelly, Jim Waterbury, Scott Crowley, Randy Pilkington, and Bob Heaton. The commission must now meet, organize and delegate roles. Once that happens, the mayor says they will get right to work looking at what cable, internet and telephone services are currently provided to the city, and what services are still needed.

"I think the first folks that we talk to, that the commission will talk to are the current providers. That's the way it should work and if the current providers are unwilling or cannot full those gaps with their services that when we contemplate whether we build a system of our own," Mayor Hurley says.

HISTORY OF THE REFERENDUM & FORMATION OF THE TELECOM UTILITY

CONSUMER GLOSSARY OF TELECOM TERMS