Utopia is one of the nation's largest wholesale muni-fiber deployments - via which users can get 8-15Mbps symmetrical fiber for $35-$45 dollars through AT&T or providers like MStar. The project has put Comcast in the unfamiliar position of having to truly compete, resulting in rare price reductions. According to this local ad, Comcast is now offering broadband, digital cable, and VoIP service for $90 a month in all of Utopia's footprint.

Competition seems to kill the forced bundling and $55 unbundled VoIP canary: each service alone can be had for $29.95 for one-year, but only if you live in Utopia's service region - other Utah cities (like Salt Lake, who pulled out of the project) are out of luck. The price-tag is even less than the $99 bundle deal Comcast is has been offering in regions where Fios or other competition is springing up (like Richmond, Virginia).

"If only 20% (or roughly 4,000) of the households in Orem took advantage of this offer from Comcast, then Orem's membership in UTOPIA will save its residents 4,000 x $780/year; or $3,120,000 in a single year," says project planner Joel Wright. "Comcast has repeatedly been invited to become a service provider on the UTOPIA and iProvo networks, and the invitation remains open," he says.