UTOPIA is a public communications network owned by 16 cities in Utah that has deployed over 1,500 miles of fiber optic lines to provide gigabit internet access to over 150,000 homes and businesses. It aims to enable innovation through its community-owned, open access fiber infrastructure. UTOPIA operates a fully redundant network across Utah cities and has partnerships with local economic development departments and the Utah Education Network. The document promotes UTOPIA's high-speed network for entrepreneurs and application development.

1. U.S. Ignite
June 26, 2013

2. UTOPIA
Utah 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.

3. 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

4. Open Access Model

5. 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

6. Major Universities located in Utah

7. Dynamic Business Environment
(Companies founded and located in Utah)

8. 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.

9. 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
kmckinley@utopianet.org for more information.

10. 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
kmckinley@utopianet.org for more information.