CenturyLink, UETN To Deliver 1 Terabit of Bandwidth to Utah Schools, Colleges

CenturyLink is helping the Utah Education and Telehealth Network create a network capable of carrying more than a full terabit of combined bandwidth to 1,412 schools and educational locations in Utah, CenturyLink said Monday in a news release. Of those facilities, 832 already are equipped with CenturyLink fiber-enabled broadband service, providing speeds to 100 Gbps, the telco said. In addition to connecting about 60 percent of Utah schools to UETN’s network, CenturyLink said it's the largest provider of gigabit services to residential and business customers in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area and the state of Utah.