The Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA) connected its first...
The Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA) connected its first city with 100 percent of the necessary fiber backbone, it said. This major trunk buildout of Centerville City took about a year and a half, according to the agency. The…
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$24 million buildout of Centerville City and five other cities comes from $16 million in federal Broadband Technology Opportunities Program money and $8 million in local bond money, UTOPIA said Friday. UTOPIA is a consortium of 16 cities throughout Utah. Of the city’s single-family homes, 22 percent subscribe to the municipal network, with 40 percent expected to do so soon, according to Mayor Ron Russell. The mayor emphasized the network’s usefulness for local business. Centerville City has cut its telecom costs by 60 percent, said UTOPIA Executive Director Todd Marriott. UTOPIA has, as of Nov. 6, connected government facilities in all but one of the BTOP-funded cities, installed fiber at 129 anchor institutions, laid 109 miles of fiber, and extended fiber into a West Valley City business park, UTOPIA said.