By chance, when trying to track down a document a few weeks ago, a .pdf file with \u2018IPTV\u2019 in the description suddenly stood out in Google search results. Interesting things can appear by pure luck but, on first view, the document seemed quite mundane.<\/p>\n
Sporting a maple leaf in the top left corner and text on the right mentioning a meeting of Mapleton City Council, deletion was mere moments away. But then the word \u2018ACTION\u2019 caught the eye, quickly followed by \u2018Xtreme High-Definition IPTV streaming\u2019.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/center> <\/p>\nIt transpires that Mapleton is no regular city. Founded in 1850, settled in 1856, and officially incorporated in 1948, it currently boasts a population of around 11,220 people. According to FBI data, just 16 crimes involving violence or threat of violence were recorded in 2022. No murders, no robberies, and it looks\u00a0absolutely stunning<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n As far as data is concerned, Mapleton City Council operates with a high level of transparency and appears to keep immaculate records, many of which are published on its website. The city is currently building an all new fiber network promising speeds of up to 2Gbps but, in the meantime, existing internet connections seem to suffice.<\/p>\n According to another of the city\u2019s highly detailed documents, on November 3rd, 2022, Mapleton City staff met to finalize and propose a rate to deliver a \u201cHigh-definition IPTV subscription service\u201d for all network users. In common with most documents that mention IPTV on the Mapleton City Website, this one mentions \u2018Xtreme High-Definition IPTV\u2019 too.<\/p>\n \u201cMapleton City Administration asked the Mapleton City Network to investigate offering High-definition IPTV streaming service to residential and business users,\u201d the official request for the Council to approve the \u2018Xtreme\u2019 service reads.<\/p>\n \u201cAs we research the options, it became clear that a High-definition IPTV subscription service would be the best value and the least expensive to deploy. We as staff agree that a streaming subscription service should be deployed to compete with other communications companies within the Mapleton service area.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So what type of \u2018Xtreme IPTV service\u2019 could give local communications companies a run for their money?<\/p>\n Well, if we shorten \u2018Xtreme High-Definition IPTV\u2019 we arrive at a more manageable and\u00a0recognizable name<\/em>:\u00a0Xtreme HD IPTV<\/em>. If we then place a few channels from the proposed Mapleton IPTV service on the left, and channels from what is actually a well-known pirate IPTV service on the right, we get\u2026<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Even the most permissive view of events thus far defies explanation. Did the search for a cheap but legal service to entertain city residents simply get out of hand? Is there a weird, Utah-specific internet filter that blocks negative news about illegal IPTV services and streaming sites, but allows other stuff through?<\/p>\n The screenshot below, of a post dated March 15, 2023, was taken from the official Instagram account of the City Council. Based on the possibility that there may have been a huge mistake, or perhaps people have been led to believe certain things that simply aren\u2019t true, we\u2019ve chosen to obscure the identities of the people below.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The relevant sections in red clearly show upcoming events. Since when do people running a city knowingly celebrate the upcoming approval of a massive pirate IPTV reselling operation with an announcement on Instagram?<\/p>\n And if\u00a0that<\/em>\u00a0sounds too ridiculous to be true, how about the existence of a detailed cost analysis? The table below not only attempts to calculate the potential size of the local market, but also predicts huge profit margins after weighing in IPTV-specific factors such as concurrent connections.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yet, despite all of the above, there was still a strong urge to uncover any reason that might go at least some way towards explaining why a local authority might find itself in such a crazy position.<\/p>\n This week, we reached out to two key figures on the council with a request for comment, or even a chat to hear why this isn\u2019t such a great idea. At the time of publication, we still hadn\u2019t heard back.<\/p>\n Desperate for any new theories, here\u2019s an obvious one: Is the city and\/or its population in dire financial straights? More recent figures may indicate otherwise but in 2021, the median property value in Mapleton was just over $502,000, while median household income was close to $115,000. Just 3% of residents live below the poverty line, which is actually pretty impressive.<\/p>\n But even if 100% of all residents were unable to make ends meet, wouldn\u2019t it be sensible to discuss something like this a little more\u00a0quietly<\/em>?<\/p>\n After spending way too much time trying to answer these and similar questions, a long trawl through the Mapleton City YouTube channel effectively answered them all.<\/p>\n On March 15, 2023, Mapleton City Council unanimously approved the implementation of the Xtreme HD IPTV system. They did so based on 16 minutes of testimony describing how it worked and, more importantly, the absence of legal concerns.<\/p>\n The discussion concerning the Xtreme HD proposition begins around the 32-minute mark but from a personal perspective, it\u2019s a very tough watch. The people who gave the project the green light asked questions which mostly headed in the right direction; the information relied upon to reach that decision had only negative value.<\/p>\n The same can\u2019t be\u00a0said of the video<\/a>, which may turn out to be priceless. Without it, no sane person would believe something like this could ever be possible. Despite the project receiving official approval (a unanimous vote is audible in the video), hopefully someone managed to pull the plug before launch, or at least fairly soon after.<\/p>\n The public records referenced in this report are available\u00a0here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Source: \u00a0Mapleton City Council Loves Mapleton, Records Everything<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/center> <\/p>\n<\/a><\/center> <\/p>\nMarch 15, 2023: D-Day<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/center> <\/p>\n<\/a><\/center> <\/p>\nSeeing is Believing<\/h2>\n
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