Come join us at the Broadband Community Summit next week in Dallas, Texas! Todd Marriott, UTOPIA's Executive Director will be there to meet with other fiber-optic leaders throughout the country and will be presenting a Case Study on Success Stories for Open Access.

We'll also have Roger Timmerman in attendance, as he will be presenting on a Multiple Dwelling Unit, The Village on the Parkway, in Orem that has greatly benefited from UTOPIA fiber. 

The conference will be held in the InterContinental Hotel in Dallas from April 24-April 26. 

We look forward to seeing you there!!

UTOPIA construction is going strong in Centerville, with crews working throughout the city. Construction in the northern third of the city has been completed* and customers are being installed with fiber to their homes every day. Construction is moving along smoothly for the central and southern sections of Centerville, with installations estimated to being late spring/early summer.

After careful consideration of customer feedback, UTOPIA is also pleased to announce a new short-term contract. To learn more about this contract, contact UTOPIA customer service at (801) 613-3880.

*Exception may apply where UDOT has a road-crossing moratorium in place until April 15, 2012.

The customer has spoken and we have listened. UTOPIA is excited to announce that we are now offering a new alternative for connecting fiber to your home. In addition to the ownership-like model that we currently offer, we are now presenting a new option that allows you to pay a monthly user fee for a minimum 2-year period, rather than paying a lump sum up front or paying for an extended period of time. 

While we still believe that the ownership-like model is your best option - who wouldn't want to have a fiber connection to their home that's a part of their property - we understand that it doesn't work for everyone. We are making this new plan available so more of you can enjoy the benefits of a fiber connection on your terms. 

We've decided to offer this new option as a result of customer feedback. We want to make you happy and provide the best possible ways for you to get fiber to your home, regardless of your circumstances.

Want more information? Give us a call at (801) 613-3880.

Did you know that the United States ranks 26th in the world in broadband speeds? (Click HERE to see the stats.) That's right. We, the leaders of the world in the ways of ideas and innovation are falling behind the likes of Romania and Latvia and Ukraine when it comes to our broadband speeds. How is that even possible?! Not only that, but nearly 100 million American don't have Internet access in their homes. 

Well, Google (and UTOPIA for that matter) is out to do something about it. Last month, Time Magazine published the article, Will Google's Insanely-Fast Kansas City Network Shame U.S. ISPs? My thoughts on this question? I surely hope so. 

The article reviews how Google's work in Kansas City isn't just some cute publicity stunt to garner more attention, it's a statement to the broadband competition in the US - or lack thereof. Most communities have two choices in regards to their broadband connection (not UTOPIA cities - check out your choices here!). Because these incumbent providers hold the monopoly on broadband connections, they've had very little motivation to improve their services and increase their speeds. Why fix what isn't broken, right? Well, in the mean time, our great country is getting left in the dust on in the world-wide speed test. 

Google's hope - and the hope of all of us fiber-optic providers - is that the work we are doing in our communities will give the incumbant monopolies around the nation a big swift kick in the pants to catch up! We are falling behind on the worldwide scale because we've become complacent. We need to wake up and get fiber not only in our communities, but throughout our nation and be world leaders in one of the most important technologies of our future. 

This extremely fast broadband will not only give us a faster Internet connection - and a better edge globally - but will set us up for applications that haven't even been dreamt of yet! Interested in getting some fiber to your home? Click HERE!