To celebrate the upcoming launch of the Utah Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Bus, the Broadband Outreach Center recently did an analysis of residential broadband coverage in each of...
Last updated: January 26, 2017
Record Numbers of Americans are Online
The Pew Research Center reports nine in ten Americans today are online, and technology adoption and usage is growing rapidly. Driving online activity, in part, is the finding that 77%...
Last updated: January 26, 2017
Broadband Opportunity Council Progress Report
The Broadband Opportunity Council (BOC) recently published a progress report detailing actions of the interagency council tasked with improving broadband outcomes through reasonable executive action. The BOC was created in...
Last updated: January 25, 2017
115th Congress Legislation
Updated January 27, 2017 So far, there seems to be strong bi-partisan support for broadband in the 115th congress. Several items of legislation from the 114th Congress have stuck around,...
Last updated: January 25, 2017
HUD Adopts Broadband Rules for Public Housing
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) adopted two final rulings last month to help ensure that residents in public housing have access to broadband Internet. The new rules...
Last updated: January 24, 2017
USDA Community Connect Grant Now Open
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now accepting applications for the Community Connect grant program. Community Connect is designed to fund broadband deployments for rural communities that are...
Last updated: January 17, 2017
FCC Seeks Comment on Actions to Streamline Small Cell Infrastructure Deployment
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking comment on the Commission’s actions to help streamline the deployment of small cell infrastructure by improving wireless facilities siting policies. Specifically, the FCC...
Last updated: January 12, 2017
NTIA Seeks Comment on Internet Use Survey
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has issued a request for comment on their Computer and Internet Use Supplement for the 2017 Current Population Survey conducted by the Census...
Last updated: January 12, 2017
USDA Rural Broadband Program Now Accepting Applications
The United States Department of Agriculture and the Rural Utilities Service are now accepting applications for the Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program. The program provides loans and...
Last updated: January 9, 2017
Tribal Broadband a Challenge in Utah and Nationwide
The Congressional Research Service reports approximately 41% of Americans living on tribal lands land access to broadband speeds that meet the federal definition for broadband. Nationwide, only 10% of all...
Last updated: December 29, 2016