The Utah Broadband Advisory Council met on July 15, 2014 to discuss accomplishments and key initiatives for broadband in Utah. Some accomplishments included launching the state's first interactive broadband map, forming the Advisory Council, and hosting a broadband summit. Key initiatives include convening partners to increase broadband deployment across the state, advocating for Utah's broadband needs on the national stage, and helping connect students, healthcare sites, and rural businesses through improved broadband access and adoption. The anticipated outcomes are increased federal funding, improved broadband infrastructure, and greater connectivity across Utah.

1. UTAH BROADBAND ADVISORY COUNCIL
MEETING
JULY 15,2014

2. UTAH BROADBAND PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Launched Utah’s First Interactive Map
Formed the Utah Broadband Advisory Council
Completed an Extensive Regional Broadband
Planning Effort
Hosted a Statewide Broadband Tech Summit
Competed Statewide Surveys to Determine
Adoption Trends

3. Supports economic development and corporate recruitment by identifying and marketing existing
infrastructure within the state
Encourages rural economic development by supporting the Governor’s priority to, “increase business
opportunities in rural Utah by identifying unserved and underserved high-speed Internet service”
Supports the Governor's objective to increase national and international business by encouraging
Utah’s businesses, both urban and rural to compete in markets throughout the world
Promotes the development of broadband infrastructure and capacity to support the increasing demand
of integrating technology into the classroom
Supports the initiate to ensure that by 2020, 66% of Utahns will have received a post-secondary degree by
2020, by encouraging e-learning and online courses, making access to college level courses for students in their
communities where they live necessary
BROADBAND & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

4. UTAH BROADBAND PROJECT KEY INITIATIVES
Convene Partners to Increase Deployment
Market Utah’s Cutting Edge Infrastructure
Advocate for Utah on the National Stage
Help Communities Increase Speeds
Identify Funding and Partnership Models
Give Utah Students the Tools to Succeed
Connect Healthcare and First Responders
Link Rural Utah to a Global Marketplace

5. Continue the Utah Broadband Advisory Council to develop
strategies to deploy broadband infrastructure in Utah
Work with broadband providers and stakeholders to learn
best practices for broadband deployment
Collaborate with broadband providers and public and private
stakeholders to increase broadband deployment
CONVENE PARTNERS TO INCREASE DEPLOYMENT

6. Attract more businesses to Utah
• All seven of Utah’s AOGS recommended increasing economic
development by tapping into the robust services that exist in their
communities
Launch the nations first Commercial Broadband Map
• Display commercial broadband data to support corporate recruitment
and business development throughout the state
Teach local communities to market existing
infrastructure
MARKET UTAH’S CUTTING EDGE INFRASTRUCTURE

7. Utah Broadband Project will serve as a state policy
advisor for broadband-related public policy issues,
especially in relation to federal policy
Encourage federal polices that will improve Utah’s
infrastructure, as well as educate state leadership
about the impacts that federal changes will have on
broadband deployment and providers in Utah
Continue a state-led data verification effort (Utah
Broadband Map) to work with the FCC to ensure data
collection will meet the needs of Utah’s stakeholders
ADVOCATE FOR UTAH ON A NATIONAL STAGE

8. Identify Utah’s underserved communities
Help communities increase broadband deployment by
implementing best practices such as dig-once policies
and additional conduit installation during road
construction
Encourage investment in underserved communities
HELP COMMUNITIES INCREASE SPEEDS

9. Link communities with funding sources
• Work with broadband providers, communities
and other stakeholders to seek funding
opportunities
Work with public entities and providers to
increase statewide coverage
• Promote public-private partnerships and assist by
identifying underserved areas of the state
IDENTIFY FUNDING AND PARTNERSHIP MODELS

10. • Support and partner with UETN to continue
connecting schools and libraries
• Increase wireless infrastructure in schools
GIVE UTAH STUDENTS THE TOOLS TO SUCCEED

11. • Support and partner with UETN to continue connecting
health care sites
• Partner with Utah’s FirstNet team to Increase access in
rural Utah
CONNECT HEALTH CARE SITES AND FIRST RESPONDERS

12. Help rural businesses compete in a global marketplace
• Ensure rural Utah business are both connected and competitive
Establish a program to help businesses get online
• Partner with GOED’s Rural Development Office to develop a series of
workshops to help rural Utah businesses create a website or other
online presence
Study the impacts of businesses connectivity in rural
Utah
• The Utah Broadband Project will collect data on what types of online
services are used and what the impacts it has on the business
LINK RURAL UTAH TO A GLOBAL MARKETPLACE

13. ANTICIPATED PROGRAM OUTCOMES
Increased utilization of federal funds for broadband
infrastructure
Increased utilization of best practices for broadband
deployment
High-speed connections to all schools, libraries and tribal
centers by 2019
Access to commercial broadband data for business
recruitment by 2016
Annually aid 200 businesses to establish a website or other
online presence with the goal of increasing revenues