.....tween torq and few other skinny leads Salt Lake/Provo Utah seems to be place of interest.......just scuffing the surface

Legislative audit blasts UTOPIA's fund use
By Jared Page             Updated - September 23rd, 2013
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=21512385#...K3w7WWW.99

UTOPIA courts potential investor
By Natalie Crofts                   December 23rd, 2013

SALT LAKE CITY — A potential partnership between Utah's fiber-optic network UTOPIA and an international investor could lead to the completion of the project and take the burden of future debt off of local government.

UTOPIA and Australia-based Macquarie Capital are conducting a feasibility analysis to look at engineering costs and determine if they will enter into a long-term partnership. If they decide to form the partnership, Macquarie Capital would finish building the network and control its operations and maintenance.

Under the partnership, the 11 cities who were originally part of the UTOPIA project would be given the choice to opt in or out of the deal to finish building out the network. Of 153,000 potential connections, only 20,000 have been connected. Completing the network would make it more than seven times as large as it is now.

The partnership would allow UTOPIA to continue as a open-access network, meaning other internet service providers can pay to use the infrastructure UTOPIA provides to run their own operations. An example of a closed-network is Google Fiber in Provo, where Google built the fiber network and only Google can use it.

Currently, companies like Veracity Networks pay to operate on the UTOPIA network

The UTOPIA project was started 11 years ago and has struggled with debt and planning issues. The network remains uncompleted in most participating cities

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Fiber Optic Companies in Salt Lake City, Utah

Advance Fiber Optics
871 Robinson Dr
North Salt Lake, UT 84054-2927 
(801) 936-0970

Advanced Telephone Data LLC
2724 S 3600 W #f
West Valley, UT 84119-6743 
(801) 417-0143

Interlinx Communications
8970 S Kings Hill Dr
Cottonwood Hts, UT 84121-6180 
(801) 733-4947
http://www.thecityofsaltlakecity.com/fiber-optics/index.html

Provo will be 3rd U.S. metro area to get speedy Google Fiber
Tech » Unlike 2 other U.S. cities with Google Fiber, Provo would use its existing network.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/56168330-7...r.html.csp