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On Thursday, September 4, 2014, the Utah Broadband Project was featured on “For the People”, by News Talk at KVNU.  The topic of conversation was broadband and its economic impact....

The Utah Broadband Project is happy to announce the completion of the Utah Broadband Nonadopters Demand Study. The study focused on identifying nonadopters in Utah to determine their barriers to...

On Tuesday, August 5, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) determined to make comments on its Open Internet proceeding available to the public. As of August 4th, the FCC has...

On the whole, Utah has great broadband coverage, especially in urban areas. While Utah’s broadband coverage in comparison to similar states is a success story, there are still a few rural areas that...

Governor Gary R. Herbert has selected Val Hale as the new executive director of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development. Most recently, Hale served as president and CEO of the Utah Valley Chamber...

The Utah Global Forum will be held Wednesday, September 24, 2014.  The forum will be an exceptional opportunity to facilitate dialogue of global expansion through import and export possibilities.  ...

CoBank, a cooperative bank, recently committed $10 billion to the new U.S. Rural Infrastructure Opportunity Fund. Teaming with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), CoBank will serve as the anchor...

Changes are coming to the data collection process for broadband availability mapping data. Since 2010, states have collected data from providers, and then submitted a compilation of the data to the...

In an effort to increase broadband access in rural areas, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced details of its upcoming Rural Broadband Experiments program....

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently released an order making reforms to the E-Rate Program. In modernizing the E-Rate program, the FCC plans to support cutting-edge technology in K-12 public education...