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U.S. Ignite June 26, 2013
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UTOPIAUtah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency
• Mission
• Develop and deploy a public communications network infrastructure with fiber to every home and business in our member cities.
• Vision
• Enable innovation and next generation services via community-owned fiber infrastructure.
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What is UTOPIA?
• Owned by 16 Utah cities with over 500,000 residents
• Essential Infrastructure for more than for 150,000 residences and businesses
• Open Access, 1 GIG, FTTP network.
• 1500 + Fiber route miles
• Five 9’s Network
• Fully redundant network
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Open Access Model
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Why Utah?
• Utah was named the No. 1 in the country for internet access 2013
• In 2012 Forbes named Utah the best state for business
• Google Fiber has recognized Utah as technological hub (Silicon Slopes)
• Quality of Life
• Youngest workforce in America
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Major Universities located in Utah
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Dynamic Business Environment(Companies founded and located in Utah)
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Why UTOPIA?
• We currently have relationships with the Economic Development departments in our member cities.
• Partnered with Utah Education Network (UEN)
• We are co-located in the most important data centers in Utah.
• Largest Redundant Gig capable network of its kind.
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UTOPIA welcome’s all innovative entrepreneurs and will support any
effort to further application development on the network.
Contact Kim McKinley at 801.613.3880 and [email protected] for more information.