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Legislature moving at the speed of fiber to get internet service to rural Colorado
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After years of frustration over slow or non-existent broadband service in rural Colorado, the General Assembly is poised to move at the speed of fiber optic to finally connect rural communities, and economic opportunity, to the Internet. In the past week, another measure that would make high-speed broadband service possible for rural schools, homes and…
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Rural broadband clears first committee, but rocky road may be ahead
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The point of getting better (or in some cases, any) broadband service to rural Coloradans isn’t about downloading movies from Netflix or checking a Facebook status. It’s about the high school student who stays at school until 8 p.m. because it’s the only place where internet service is fast enough to do homework. The Senate…
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Colorado lawmakers hope for 2018 solution on broadband for rural communities
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The grand bargain of the 2018 Colorado General Assembly might just be in finally finding a way to pay for putting high-speed broadband service into rural communities across Colorado. That’s the hope, at least, for the sponsors of Senate Bill 2, brought to you by some of the same folks who carried last year’s grand…
