Fort Collins Coloradoan
Pulse broadband access comes to underserved places in Larimer County, Colorado, thanks to partnership
Municipal broadband access will expand to parts of underserved unincorporated Larimer County (CO) thanks to a partnership between the county and the city of Loveland (CO). Larimer County’s Board of Commissioners approved an amendment to an existing agreement between Loveland and the county as part of their partnership to provide broadband services to parts of unincorporated Larimer County through Loveland Pulse, the city’s municipal broadband service.
Fort Collins Connexion announces residential pricing for municipal broadband (Fort Collins Coloradoan)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 08/30/2019 - 10:27Fort Collins unveils new details about municipal broadband rollout
Fort Collins Connexion -- a public broadband service -- is on track to have its first broadband customer online by Sept.
Fort Collins gears up for city-owned broadband service launch (Fort Collins Coloradoan)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 07/16/2019 - 14:17Fort Collins (CO) council approves city broadband bonds (Fort Collins Coloradoan)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 03/22/2018 - 13:56Fort Collins starts hiring process for broadband leadership (Fort Collins Coloradoan)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 01/31/2018 - 12:08
Fort Collins starts mapping residents' interest in broadband
Things are happening in the wake of voters' November approval of the creation of a telecommunications utility that would provide high-speed internet services. The City Council has directed $1.8 million from the General Fund to cover startup costs associated with the new utility. The city also is preparing to issue bonds to cover the cost of engineering and building a fiber-optic network that would deliver its promised 1 gigabit-per-second speed for uploads and downloads. Construction of the system is still far away.