WiVerifi

Uptown is proud to introduce the first truly independent testing service for municipal wireless networks.

Fiber to the Premises (FTTP)

The ultimate in broadband technology, FTTP is now the network of choice...

Broadband over Power Line (BPL)

BPL has captured the imagination of most electric utility managers since it was introduced years ago...

Wireless

Wireless is a technology that can work wonders for municipalities...

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“Uptown Services has played an invaluable role to us in this endeavor. They offer advice, expertise and professionalism while still letting us make our own decisions. Their sound judgment and knowledge of their field has been impressive. I would highly recommend them without reservation to anyone starting a project like this.”

“The Uptown team was professional, responsive, conservative in prognoses, steeped in new technological developments and pragmatic about market deployment. The business plan developed a strategy that opens the door to strong market acceptance of a debt issue to finance construction of a ubiquitous fiber-to-the-user system, employing active electronics for maximum symmetrical capacity and guarantees against an unknown future… The Uptown business plan has enabled us to look objectively at our situation and evaluate it for opportunity and risk, considering both the financial risks and the potential political risks of so major an undertaking.”

“Councilman J.R. Sessions, District 4, and a member of the Telecommunications Advisory Committee [TAC], said he was proud of the consultants’ work and the TAC. ‛All of the other cities said we had done more than they did’, he said. ‛That makes me happy and proud of Dave and Neil.’”

“I felt Neil Shaw was very thorough in his evaluation and provided us a report with the information necessary to make an informed decision. It was a very pleasant and positive experience.”

"Uptown's Neil Shaw was excellent to work with and has a great background in the telecom business."

“Uptown offered a very balanced proposal that described a solid methodology to complete all the portions of the work. The principals demonstrated the broad experience in the telecommunications arena that we were looking for. The firm had conducted related studies for a number of other municipalities and their utilities, for which the firm got very strong reviews. Uptown has done an excellent job of stretching beyond a more narrow evaluation of whether the city should go into the telecom business. The study took a broad view of the local market, community needs, and city policies and economic development leverage points.”

"Hands down, Neil Shaw, president of Uptown Services, was the top choice. Neil made clear that he absolutely understands this business, he knows precisely the issues we're facing, and he's brutally frank about what a public power organization can and cannot do. The other candidates didn't even come close to demonstrating Neil's level of expertise and grasp of our situation."

"When we evaluated the 12 firms that responded to the RFP for preparing a business case, Uptown stood out. We liked that they welcomed the hands-on participation of our staff. We valued Uptown�s experience working with city commissions and other public power officials. And through their many visits, presentations, e-mails and phone calls, Uptown has done a fantastic job of helping our Utility Advisory Commission understand all of the issues involved."