[Op-Ed] Bountiful City Voted for Fiber Broadband. Big Cable Wants to Take it Away

Steve Griffin / Salt Lake Tribune

The following Op-Ed was published in the Salt Lake Tribune on July 9, 2023.

May 26 was an historic day for Bountiful City. The City Council voted unanimously, 5-0, to provide its residents with lightning fast, universal and affordable fiber broadband service by partnering with UTOPIA Fiber, the same company that provides fiber-to-the-home service in 20 cities across the state. Prior to the vote, the city underwent a very thorough, transparent process and opened the opportunity to provide broadband to the city’s residents to everyone, including the state’s largest cable..... (read more)