The Utah Broadband Project presented updates to members of the Southern Utah Technology Council on 12-14-12.

1. Project Updates
Southern Utah Technology Council
December 14, 2012

2. Illuminating the need for broadband planning…
GROWTH IN THE USE OF BROADBAND-
ENABLED TECHNOLOGIES IS EXPECTED
TO [CONTINUE TO] BOOM

3. The Internet: Then and Now
2000 2012
• 46% of US adults used the • 82% of US adults use the
internet internet
• 2/3 have broadband at home
• 5% had broadband (even higher in Utah)
connections at home • 88% have a cell phone
• 0% connected to the – 46% are smartphone users
internet wirelessly – 19% have a tablet computer
– 19% have an e-reader
• 0% used social network
• 2/3 are wireless internet users
sites
• 65% of online adults use social
Info flowed mainly one way  network sites
Info consumption was a Info is now portable, participatory
stationary activity and personal 
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project www.pewinternet.org

4. So, Who isn’t Online?
The Current State of Digital Access
One in five American adults does not use the internet.
• Among adults who do not use the internet, almost half have told
surveyors that the main reason they don’t go online is because they
don’t think the internet is relevant to them.
• The 27% of adults living with disability in the U.S. today are significantly
less likely than adults without a disability to go online (54% vs. 81%).
• Though overall internet adoption rates have leveled off, adults who are
already online are doing more.
• The rise of mobile is changing the story.
• Even beyond smartphones, both African Americans and English-speaking
Latinos are as likely as whites to own any sort of mobile phone, and are
more likely to use their phones for a wider range of activities.
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project www.pewinternet.org

5. What else we know…
• Utah is the national leader in home broadband
adoption, with 80% of households in Utah using
broadband at home.
• We have the youngest population in the United
States.
• There is no gap in demand for broadband
services in rural and urban Utah.
• Schools are connected, most with a gigabit-
enabled speeds.
• Residential broadband is widely available, even
in rural areas.

6. National Comparisons
Source: TechNet www.technet.org

7. Where is broadband available?
BROADBAND SERVICES IN UTAH

11. Broadband Availability Metrics* *Fall 2012
Service Statewide Beaver Garfield Iron Kane Washington
Basic Broadband
99.95% 99.85% 100% 99.91% 99.26% 99.96%
(.768/.256)
Mobile Wireless 99.6% 99.8% 60.4% 99.96% 97.4% 99.9%
Fixed Wireless 95.5% 99.3% 55.56% 98.3% 81.1% 99.5%
DSL 95.1% 81.6% 89.9% 83.1% 78.9% 84.2%
Cable 86.6% 40.7% 0% 78.8% 0% 91.9%
Fiber 12.% 0% 3.2% 6% 10.1% .1%
Broadband NOT
.05% .15% 0% .01% .74% .04%
Available
At Least 2 Providers 99.95% 99.85% 100% 99.99% 99.3% 99.96%
Basic Consumer
99.95% 99.85% 100% 91.7% 99.3% 99.96%
(3/.768)
Home Office/
95.1% 99.27% 52.2% 91.7% 81.1% 98.14%
Entertainment (10/3)
High Capacity (25/10) 81.21% 0% 0% 12.9% 0% 34.38%

12. Availability is only part of the story…
HOW CAN YOU PLAY A ROLE IN
BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT AND
ADOPTION?

13. Communities need both robust and
affordable broadband access
Business Needs Citizen Needs
• High-capacity broadband • Communities need
access is critical to the state’s affordable home broadband
ability to attract and retain access
businesses of all sizes.
• Communities also need
– Utah is known as a strategic
location for national places free public access a
connectivity and has attracted computer and the internet
high tech companies such as – Libraries or community
Adobe, Oracle, IM Flash centers often fill this need
Overstock and Ebay
• Businesses are increasingly
• 1/5 American adults aren’t
demanding reliable, redundant online because they don’t
broadband see the need

14. Is there a city official who can answer
these questions in your town?
• Who are companies that provide broadband
service in my city?
• Do all of our citizens have the ability to get some
form of broadband access at home?
• Where can our citizens go to get free public
access?
• Are businesses getting the broadband services
they need?
Find your local champion!

15. In the National Broadband Plan, the FCC states:
“Americans can check their bank accounts,
communicate with customer service
representatives and do their shopping anytime,
anywhere by using applications enabled by
broadband. Americans now expect this level of
service from their government and are often
disappointed with what they find.”

16. Are Utah’s local governments online?
• According to the Utah Association of Counties,
all counties currently have a website
– http://www.uacnet.org/about-counties/links-to-
cos-and-others/
• According to the Utah League of Cities and
Towns (ULCT) not all cities have a website
– http://www.ulct.org/ulct/about/linkstocities.html

17. Utah Cities and Towns
Without a Website
Out of 245 Utah
cities or towns, only
166 had a website No
Website
32%
Have a
Website
68%

18. Are Utah Businesses Online?
• Results based on a 2011 survey conducted by the
Business Expansion and Retention (BEAR) initiative
– BEAR is based in GOED, and covers rural counties
• All counties except Davis, Salt Lake, Utah and Weber
• The Survey gathered data from about 5,000 small to
medium-sized businesses, including whether or not
their business had a website
• 20 Counties surveyed (focused on rural):
– Beaver, Box
Elder, Cache, Carbon, Daggett, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield,
Grand, Iron, Juab, Kane, Millard, Piute, San
Juan, Sevier, Toole, Uintah, Wasatch, Wayne
– 9 Counties not surveyed:
• Davis, Morgan, Rich, Salt Lake, San
Pete, Summit, Utah, Washington, Weber

19. Small-Medium Utah Businesses
Without a Website
Out of 4,690 Utah
businesses surveyed,
only 1333 had a
website Have a
No Website
Website 28%
72%

20. Utah Businesses Without Websites
by County
Have a Website No Website
0
38
44 18
1
126
16
32 196 64 49 105 24
17 3357
776 179 212 366 941
153
5
174
119 49
2
204
15
22 128 39 30 59 12
6 1333
191 35 36 65 134
8
66% 61%
16%

21. Utah Broadband Advisory Council
Mission
To examine the condition
of broadband adoption
and deployment in the
State of Utah and to
provide the Governor and
Legislature with
recommendations and
policy guidance related to
the findings of the
Advisory Council.

22. Economic Public
Education Libraries Development Safety
Rural Tribal
Health Care Transportation Broadband Broadband
Access Access

23. Regional Broadband Planning Councils
• Work through seven AOGs to form Councils
• Address issues at the local/regional level
– Use toolkits to assist with execution
– Identify, evaluate and plan at local level
– Report back to State Broadband Advisory Council
• Provide technical assistance and support as
needed
• Host Utah Broadband Summit in Fall 2013

24. Resources from the Utah Broadband
Project
• Data, data, data.
– Interactive Utah Broadband Map
– Data available for download
– Customized maps upon request—Especially important to
empower local leaders…
• Broadband Advisory Council meetings and
members
– Open monthly meetings
– Can facilitate broadband planning discussions
• Monthly newsletters, weekly blogposts
• Project website: broadband.utah.gov

25. Upcoming Events
• January 10-11, 2013: Governor’s Energy
Development Summit, @Salt Palace Convention
Center
• January 28, 2013: Maps on the Hill, 11:00 am to
1:30 pm, @Utah State Capitol Building
• March 8, 2013: Rural Legislative Day, 9:00 am to
3:00 pm, @ Utah State Capitol Building
• March 11-13, 2013: Utah Rural Telecom
Association Annual Meeting, located at the Hilton
Garden Inn, St. George, Utah.

26. Tara Thue
Manager, Utah Broadband Project
Contact:
tthue@utah.gov
Web: broadband.utah.gov
Twitter: @utahbroadband
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