We cannot believe that April is over, and we are already 4 months into the new year! April has been an incredible month for UTOPIA Fiber as we pick up the pace on fiber installations. This month alone we’ve had 8 phases of different footprints released and 1,596 addresses added to our network! Keep reading to see what else we’ve been up to this month.

Announcements

We have a new addition to the UTOPIA Fiber team! Join us in welcoming Ashley Yancey to Team UTOPIA as our new Installation Project Coordinator. We are so happy to have her on the team and can’t wait to see what she does!

The numbers are in, and we are excited to share with you the results from our 2022 year in review! 2022 was an exciting year for UTOPIA Fiber as we laid hundreds of thousands of feet in new fiber lines and expanded our network to new cities! 

To check out all the stats from last year you can read the full release on our website here.

The weather is warming up, which means it’s time to turn on your sprinklers! If you’ve had your fiber installed recently and notice any damage to your sprinkler system, let us know! We will repair any damage that was caused by your fiber installation! Learn more about how to get us involved on our website here.

Footprint releases 

April has been an exciting month for Pleasant Grove and Syracuse, with a total of 1,596 new addresses connected to our network across both cities!

In Pleasant Grove, we released phase 6 of PG002, phase 6 of PG005, and completed the final phase of PG005. All these footprints combined added a total of 575 addresses in Pleasant Grove that can now connect to our network!

In Syracuse this month we connected a total of 1,021 addresses across 5 different footprint releases! We completed phases 3 and 4 of SY002 and phases 4, 5, and 6 of SY006!

To see if you can connect, or to check the status of the footprint you’re in visit our buildout timelines webpage.

Blogs Post

7 Common Myths About Fiber Internet

Even though it’s been around for decades, fiber-optic internet still has many misconceptions and myths surrounding it. Join us as we dispel some of the most common myths surrounding fiber-optic internet connections!

2022 Year in Review

Check out our overview of 2022 to learn more about how much fiber we laid, the new cities we’ve added, and what we’ve learned over the past year!

UTOPIA Fiber in the News

Check out who’s talking about us in the news:

Open access networks could give T-Mobile a seat at the fiber table

UTOPIA Fiber Constructed a Whopping 2,969,784 Feet of Fiberoptic Infrastructure in 2022 as Demand Soars

Innovation Fund Opens, USCellular Social Media Limit Mode, UTOPIA Fiber’s Yearly Report

Report warns of BEAD funding delays due to municipal broadband bans

UTOPIA Fiber Open Access Network Saw Major Expansion in 2022

UTOPIA laid 3 million feet of fiber in ’22, eyes even more in ’23

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