This year’s FilmUtah magazine features an article on the Utah Broadband Project and the importance of broadband for filmmakers. The article focuses on how technology is changing the ways films...
Last updated: February 13, 2014
January Map of the Month: Preliminary Mobile Drive Test Results of LTE Service in Utah
After a competitive bid process, the Utah Broadband Project contracted with Isotrope, LLC to conduct a statewide mobile broadband drive test over 6,000 miles of Utah roads in November 2013....
Last updated: January 21, 2014
December 2013 Map of the Month: Using Address Points in Broadband Verification
Utah received dedicated funding as part of the NTIA’s State Broadband Initiative to work in partnership with local government to build a statewide address point dataset map layer. In June...
Last updated: December 4, 2013
Federal Communications Commission Announces New Chairman
On October 29, 2013, Tom Wheeler was announced as the new Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). For three decades, Wheeler has been at the forefront of telecommunications. He...
Last updated: November 15, 2013
Oct 2013 Map of the Month: Utah’s Changing Broadband Landscape
This month the Project’s mapping team compared how advertised broadband speeds have changed since the beginning of the Utah Broadband Project. The comparison goes from Fall 2010 – Fall 2013....
Last updated: October 16, 2013
Fall 2013 Broadband Data Submission
In preparation for the Fall 2013 Data Submission to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the Utah Broadband Project worked with 54 broadband...
Last updated: October 11, 2013
2013 Broadband Summit: How Government Utilizes Social Media
Just like businesses, government agencies like the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) have joined a variety of social media networks utilizing these platforms to connect and keep the public...
Last updated: October 9, 2013
Sept 2013 Map of the Month: Mobile BB on USFS and BLM Land
Over 66% of Utah’s lands are owned and administered by the federal government and its agencies. Among the 50 states, only Nevada has a higher percentage. States with a large...
Last updated: September 19, 2013
August 2013 Map of the Month: Broadband on Tribal Lands
For August’s Map of the Month, the Utah Broadband Project is sharing maps made for use at the Governor’s Native American Summit, which took place August 14-15, 2013 at Utah...
Last updated: August 26, 2013
Utah: Fastest Internet in the West
Utah has the fastest average internet connection speed in the West. According to the “First Quarter, 2013 State of the Internet“ report, released today by Akamai Technologies, Utah ranked number 5...
Last updated: July 23, 2013