JRobertson

I used to feel the exact same way about using any sort of voice coms. If anyone else was in the room with me it felt incredibly awkward. The pinnacle was when I decided to play a video game with my then girlfriend in the room and use Ventrilo. She tried to respond to everything I said, and I went as silent as possible.

Fast forward sometime and using voice com software on my computer feels as natural and second nature as using a phone to me. Skype, Vent/Mumble, Web Demos, etc all feel normal.

I imagine that those that stick with using it will find it pushes their comfort zone less. I would also make the prediction that as voice becomes more readily available that the rising generation will just get used to using it and won't really give it a second thought.

All of the major companies have a decent presence in Utah. Adobe just opened up a 1,000 shop in Lehi (15 minutes north of Provo). Utah is one of the larger growing secondary tech hubs in the nation. No where close to Silicon Valley or NYC, but still growing and doing quite well.

http://www.siliconslopes.com/sites/default/files/silicon_slo...

Don't forget that this is a big marketing opportunity for Provo as well. As someone that is house hunting in Utah county the announcement of Google Fiber is the only thing making me consider Provo itself as a viable option.

I definitely see that happening. The big question in my mind is how they're going to interact with Utopia. Both Orem and Lindon have Utopia already. So will they go head to head with them? Or are they just going to skip those cities and hit all the other ones?