
The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) announced August 8 that it will transfer more than $9 billion of funds that it oversees out of private banking and into the US...
Last updated: August 29, 2017

FCC Released Phase II Plans for the Connect America Fund
Chairman Pai of the FCC is proposing a Public Notice to initiate the pre-auction process for Connect America Fund Phase II....
Last updated: August 24, 2017

Broadband Accessibility and Affordability
According to a new report, availability for accessible and affordable voice and broadband services is still one of the largest issues for rural and low-income America....
Last updated: August 24, 2017

Rural Library Technology Access
A new report from the Office for Information Technology Policy focuses on the capacity of rural public libraries to use more Internet-enabled technologies and other resources to meet the needs of rural...
Last updated: August 24, 2017

The New Look for our Website
We have just uploaded our brand new website layout to the Utah Broadband Outreach Center....
Last updated: July 31, 2017

Point of the Mountain Development
As Lehi and Draper, commonly referred to as the Point of the Mountain, move forward to move the Draper Prison site to another location in west Salt Lake City, community and...
Last updated: July 31, 2017

Lifeline Minimum Service Standards and National Verifier Updates
In the next couple months, both the Minimum Service Standards and the National Verifier for the Lifeline Program will be going through integral changes....
Last updated: July 25, 2017

Study Assesses Economic Impacts of Removing Regulatory Barriers
A recent study by Economists Incorporated evaluated the impact of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) recent efforts to remove barriers toward investment into next generation wireless and wireline broadband networks. This...
Last updated: July 18, 2017

Nomination of Brendan Carr for FCC open seat
President Trump announced late last month his intention to nominate Brandan Carr for the last remaining seat in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). ...
Last updated: July 18, 2017

July 2017 Map of the Month: ‘Where’ for the Utah Residential Broadband Map
Over 6 years ago the Utah Broadband Outreach Center first released the state’s Residential Broadband Map (original KSL press release). Since then, Utah’s over 60 broadband providers have worked with the...
Last updated: July 17, 2017