Big Telecom Covertly Funded Smear Campaign To Derail Affordable Fiber Broadband Deployments In Utah

Big Telecom Covertly Funded Smear Campaign To Derail Affordable Fiber Broadband Deployments In Utah

We’ve noted for years how U.S. regional telecom monopolies have effectively crushed competition in many U.S. markets and utterly defanged our regulators. This one-two punch of muted competition and no oversight routinely results in expensive, slow, spotty broadband access. Frustrated by this, communities all over the U.S. have responded to this market and regulatory failure by building their own, more affordable, fiber networks. At last count th…

UTOPIA Fiber and Bountiful City, UT Complete Fiber Network Ahead of Schedule - Inside Towers

At Fiber Connect 2025 on Monday, UTOPIA Fiber and Bountiful City, UT announced the early completion of the Bountiful Fiber network, nearly one year ahead of schedule. The partnership began on May 23, 2023, aiming to provide fiber internet to every address in the city within 36 months. Bountiful Fiber, powered by UTOPIA, is an open-access network owned by the city, offering residents and businesses a choice of 14 Utah-based private internet provi…

UTOPIA Fiber completes citywide Bountiful City project in Utah - Broadband Communities

News A citywide broadband project that faced fierce opposition from political groups has been completed by UTOPIA Fiber in Bountiful City, Utah. By: Brad Randall, Broadband Communities A citywide open-access network in Bountiful City, Utah has been completed, according to an announcement from UTOPIA Fiber’s Executive Director, Roger Timmerman, at Fiber Connect in Nashville. The project, which collected opposition from “a dark money organization,…

Utopia Fiber finishes Bountiful build despite dark money campaign

Dark money groups opposed to community fiber networks tried to scuttle the build.

UTOPIA Completes Fiber Build in Bountiful, Utah

NASHVILLE, June 2, 2025 – UTOPIA Fiber completed its project in Bountiful, Utah, the company announced Monday. That brings the open access operator to 22 completed citywide deployments.“We completed the project nearly a full year ahead of schedule, and you don’t hear about that often in this industry,” said Roger Timmerman, UTOPIA Fiber’s executive director. “It’s a very challenging thing.”He attributed that to the city turning around permit req…

UTOPIA Fiber and Bountiful City, Utah Announce Completion of Citywide Open Access Fiber Network Nearly One Year Ahead of Schedule – UTOPIA Fiber

Over 16,500 Addresses Passed; City-Owned Network Delivers Gigabit and Multi-Gig Internet to Every Home and Business Nashville, TN — June 2, 2025 — At Fiber Connect 2025 today, UTOPIA Fiber and Bountiful City, Utah announced the completion of the Bountiful Fiber (Powered by UTOPIA) citywide open access network build, which was delivered nearly one year ahead of schedule. The announcement was made during a press conference at 4:00 P…