Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency(1)

The Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA) is a consortium of 16 Utah cities engaged in deploying and operating a fiber to the premises network to every business and household (about 140,000) within its footprint. Using an active Ethernet infrastructure and operating at the wholesale level, it supports open access and promotes competition in all telecommunications services.

UTOPIA operates as a wholesale fiber optic network and is prohibited by law from providing retail services. There are currently 7 service providers on the UTOPIA network and the network is open to additional service providers that meet certain qualifications. Though UTOPIA has extended an open invitation to both Comcast and Qwest, the incumbent service providers, both have declined to join the network.

September 22, 2011

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