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April 2016 Map of the Month: Blue Stakes, Call Before You Dig!

Planning to dig a hole or otherwise move the earth in Utah? It’s strongly in everyone’s interest, including your own, to contact Blue Stakes before you begin! Our April Map...
Last updated: April 16, 2016
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February 2016 MOTM: States’ FirstNet Coverage Objective Maps Released in RFP

The federal-level First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) issued its Request for Proposals (RFP) for the deployment of the nationwide public safety broadband network on January 13....
Last updated: February 4, 2016
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January 2016 Map of the Month: Broadband Access & Employment

Happy New Year and welcome to the first 2016 installment of the Broadband Outreach Center’s Map of the Month series. This month we’ve mashed up two state-by-state level datasets that,...
Last updated: January 21, 2016
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December 2015 Map of the Month: New Online Map Gallery

Since its inception in April 2012, over 40 maps have been published in the Utah Broadband Outreach Center‘s Map of the Month series. And, that’s in addition to the BOC’s...
Last updated: December 23, 2015
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November 2015 Map of the Month: Commercial Fiber Service Availability

The November 2015 Map of the Month shows, at a statewide scale, the current commercial fiber-based broadband service availability reported to the Broadband Outreach Center for inclusion on the locate.utah.gov...
Last updated: November 25, 2015
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April 2015 Map of the Month: Broadband Use Case Available to Addressed Properties

This month’s map analyzes the Broadband Outreach Center’s three broadband use cases (Basic Consumer, Home Office/Education, & High Capacity) and takes the highest use case available in a location and assigns...
Last updated: April 22, 2015
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March 2015 Map of the Month: LTE Wireless Buildout October 2011- October 2014

Over the past 4 years, the demand for fast mobile broadband (Internet accessed through a portable mobile device) has greatly increased. Fast mobile broadband is critical for communications in public...
Last updated: March 26, 2015
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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
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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
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December 2014 Map of the Month: Utah’s Changing Broadband Landscape Update

This month, the Utah Broadband Project’s mapping team updated October 2013’s Map of the Month, which mapped the increase in maximum advertised download speeds per populated place over the course...
Last updated: December 16, 2014