On August 6, 2015 the Federal Communications Commission adopted the Procedures Public Notice which establishes the bidding procedures for next year’s incentive auction. The auction will begin on March 29,...
Last updated: August 12, 2015
FCC Commissioner Pai Announces Proposal to Reform the Universal Service Fund for Rural Providers
“Rural residents have waited long enough,” says Commissioner Ajit Pai of the Federal Communications Commission. In a statement made on June 29, Pai announced his plan to support broadband deployment in...
Last updated: July 1, 2015
May 2015 Map of the Month: Qualifying CAF II Areas
Last month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced nearly $1.7 billion to price cap carriers to expand and support broadband service in rural areas as part of Connect American Fund...
Last updated: May 27, 2015
February 2015 Map of the Month: Utah Outperforming On New FCC Broadband Benchmarks
Last month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced an update to its broadband benchmarks which are now set at 25 Mbps for advertised download speeds and 3 Mbps for upload speeds. Using...
Last updated: February 27, 2015
FCC Changes Broadband Definition
As part of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) 2015 Broadband Progress Report, the FCC has recently voted to change the definition of broadband by raising the minimum download speeds needed from 4 megabits...
Last updated: February 2, 2015
Jan 15 Map of the Month: Visualizing Broadband Drive Tests
The Utah Broadband Project contracted with Isotrope, LLC to perform a mobile broadband drive test along over 6,000 miles of Utah’s highways and major roads. This dataset was used for...
Last updated: January 24, 2015
Utah Stakeholders Contribute to E-Rate Modernization Order Changes
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently released an updated Order on its E-Rate program, which helps schools and libraries obtain high-speed Internet access. This new Order modifies the definition of rural, so that a school or library located...
Last updated: December 23, 2014
FCC Increases Broadband Speeds Under Connect America Fund
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released an Order to update its rules for the Connect America Fund, requiring companies receiving Connect America funding to serve consumers with upload speeds of...
Last updated: December 15, 2014
October 2014 Map of the Month: Utah and the new broadband mapping data format
Our August 2014’s Map of the Month discussed and detailed the significant transition and associated data collection changes that the National Broadband Map (NBM) is slated to undergo. The October map of the...
Last updated: October 20, 2014
Rural Broadband Experiments Application Due November 7
Recently, the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau released a public notice and hosted a webinar about the process for applying for the FCC’s Rural Broadband Experiments program. All applications...
Last updated: October 20, 2014