Broadband boom washes over Utah Broadband wave washes over Utah Customers’ growing high-speed demands pit variety of companies in a race to be the state’s top provider.

"People are hungry for faster connections."

Utah is in the midst of a broadband arms race, and Utah consumers stand to benefit from the battle.

Qwest Communications, Comcast Corp., wireless providers and dozens of smaller competitors that include many of the state’s 14 rural telephone companies are spending millions to deliver ever-faster Internet connections.

Those investments mark a level of competitiveness unimaginable only a few years ago when even the fastest connections were excruciatingly slow. The capital spending is occurring at a time when the Federal Communications Commission is considering overhauling the nation’s broadband policy, ostensibly to make it easier and more affordable for Americans to access the Internet at high speeds.

By Steven Oberbeck
The Salt Lake Tribune

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