broadband
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Colorado unveils first proposal to spend $826 million in broadband funds
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Colorado is taking the first step towards using $826.5 million in federal funds to make high-speed internet universally accessible in the state. The federal government allocated over $826.5 million to Colorado in June as part of the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program, which funds broadband infrastructure in all 50 states. Last week, the Colorado Broadband Office published the first…
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Colorado granted over $826M to bring high-speed internet to all residents
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The federal government is allocating over $826.5 million to Colorado to make high-speed internet universally accessible in the state. The money comes from a $42.45 billion grant program, providing funding for broadband infrastructure to all 50 states, Washington D.C. and five U.S. territories. The Department of Commerce announced each state and territory’s grant amounts on Monday. …
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Colorado to receive over $170 million to bring high-speed internet to 18,000 households
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury approved Colorado’s plan to invest $170.8 million of federal funds to expand broadband infrastructure, bringing high-speed internet access to 18,000 households and businesses throughout the state. This investment comes two months after Colorado released an ambitious plan to close the state’s digital divide, connecting 99% of Colorado households to…
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West Slope on tap for $13 million in broadband funding
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Thousands of residents from the Western Slope are in line to receive high-speed internet through a nearly $14 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, according to an announcement Thursday from U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. The Delta-Montrose Electric Association (DMEA) will receive $13,885,361 to connect 3,577 people, 148 business, one school and…
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San Luis Valley counties to receive federal dollars for broadband
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Conejos and Alamosa counties in Colorado’s San Luis Valley are set to receive a chunk of a $401 million disbursement from the federal government for broadband expansion. The Thursday announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative will receive nearly $2 million to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network that will bring…
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Bill Ritter throws support behind Weiser in Democrats’ attorney general primary
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Democratic state attorney general candidate Phil Weiser has won an endorsement from former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, his campaign announced Tuesday. Weiser will help lead the state’s fight against climate change, said Ritter, director of Colorado State University’s Center for the New Energy Economy and the man who coined the phrase “new energy economy” while governor. “Phil…
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6 more Colorado towns say yes to municipal broadband
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Voters in six Colorado communities posted the equivalent of a smiley emoji to proposals on Tuesday’s local ballots to create municipal broadband programs. That brings to 92 the number of Colorado cities and towns where voters have decided in recent years that they’d get better internet service with their local governments involved, the Colorado Municipal…
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Election Day is two weeks from Tuesday for 120 Colorado cities and towns
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DENVER – The Colorado Municipal League is out with its indispensable guide to the upcoming election issues in 120 towns and cities across the state on April 3. On the other hand, election fever isn’t an epidemic; 63 elections were canceled for lack of a challenger. Here’s the Municipal League’s breakdown: BroadbandColorado statutes require an…
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Rural broadband bill heads to governor
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DENVER – The Senate Tuesday morning agreed to House amendments on Senate Bill 2, the bill to finance the buildout of rural broadband. With that resolved, the bill now heads to Gov. John Hickenlooper and a hoped-for signing. House amendments last week resolved several lingering issues. That included a lawsuit from Viaero Wireless that the…
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Broadband bill for rural Colorado amended, but maintains momentum
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A bill that could bring faster broadband internet service to rural Colorado bounced out a Colorado House committee Thursday and appears destined for the governor’s desk, eventually. Senate Bill 2, sponsored by Sens. Don Coram, R-Montrose, and Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, with the two top-ranking House Democrats, passed the House Agriculture, Livestock and Natural Resources Committee 10-1…
