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Akamai Technologies recently released its First Quarter State of the Internet report for 2016, indicating that Utah has remained a consistent leader in the U.S. for top Internet speeds and...

Earlier this June, The Utah Broadband Advisory Council celebrated its 5th Anniversary. Since 2011, stakeholders across Utah have proven that unprecedented partnerships are central to economic development in Utah as we’ve...

The U.S. Department of Commerce released a report this month detailing the growth of the digital economy over the last seven years.  In 2014, over half of U.S. services exports...

Earlier this week, the U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit upheld the Network Neutrality Rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2015.  A number of Internet...

New York City public libraries are taking on a new role for NYC residents.  In 2015, libraries provided tech training and education to over 150,000 residents.  The library system, with...

The 2016 Broadband Tech Summit will be held on November 9th in Salt Lake City.  The summit will take place at the Falls Event Center in Historic Trolley Square.  In...

This month’s maps explore two important areas that illustrate the important goal of having all Utah communities equipped with high speed broadband service. The first maps look at usage patterns...

Utah’s population is on track to more than double by 2060, making it crucial to build and design critical infrastructure with the current, and future, population in mind. This month’s map...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is seeking comment on new proposed rules that will impact broadband stakeholders.  The new rules require data-driven assessment of broadband service and...

The Internet Innovation Alliance estimates the U.S. broadband and information and communications technologies (ITC) sector contributed $1,019.2 billion to the economy in 2014.  This amounts to 5.9% of the GDP,...