Colorado Broadband

Fiber

Fiber Broadband Association Brings Regional Fiber Connect Shows on Road

Regional Fiber Connect conferences are bringing the industry’s technology and community leadership together.

Funding

Demanding Requirements on NTIA’s BEAD Program May Depress Broadband Participation

What are the downsides of having too many grant requirements?

Privacy

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser Takes Aim at Big Tech and Big Telecom

What should state leaders be doing to procure a safer, healthier information environment?

Broadband Mapping & Data

Community Crowdsourcing Efforts Essential to Accessing Federal Broadband Funding

In the absence of reliable federal broadband mapping data, communities are taking matters into their own hands.

Funding

NTIA Doing All it Can to ‘Pressure’ States to Allow Municipal Broadband for Infrastructure Builds

Agency head Alan Davidson says communities “play a huge role” in build deployment.

Funding

Mountain Connect Features NTIA’s Alan Davidson, 2 Colorado Senators and State Attorney General

A star-studded cast will take the stage next week as part of the dozens of events slated to take place.

Funding

34 States Signal Intent to Participate in NTIA’s Main Broadband Program

National Telecommunications and Information Administration announces news on its ‘Internet for All’ web portal for three IIJA programs.

Privacy

With More States Passing Privacy Legislation, Pressure for Federal Preemption Law Grows

Emerging state-level privacy bills have common threads with existing ones in California, Colorado and Virginia.

Privacy

Colorado and Virginia Lead In Consumer Privacy Legislation, Still Need Federal Law, Conference Hears

Both states join California as the only ones with comprehensive privacy laws, but experts say a federal bill should fill the regulatory void.

Expert Opinion

Sen. Michael Bennet: Broadband Infrastructure Legislation Follows Colorado Model

Senate-passed legislation for broadband investment inspired by Colorado’s experience, says senator.

Fiber

Building Fiber Infrastructure Back Better: The Journey Taken by Tuttle, Oklahoma

When their connection to the World Wide Web was cut, Tuttle’s local leaders got to work.

Antitrust

Antitrust Experts Zero In on Big Tech and Consumer Welfare Standard at Aspen Forum

At Aspen forum, a red-hot focus on Big Tech, antitrust and consumer welfare.

Education

Technology Problems Can Be Solved if Policy-Makers Listen to One Another, Says Colorado’s Phil Weiser

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser urges a version of the Golden Rule: ‘What would someone else say?’

Broadband's Impact

Mountain Connect Conference Kicks Off In Person Despite Virus Fears

Mountain Connect looks to determine if the industry still has the stomach for in-person interactions as infections rise.

Health

Institutions Must Continue Riding Telehealth Growth Momentum for Post-Pandemic Care

Governments and health providers have an opportunity to carry the momentum of 2020 for telehealth’s future.

broadband roundup

FCC’s Starks on Speeds, Starlink’s Heat Problems, Louisiana Awaits $180M Broadband Signing

Geoffrey Starks says speeds are outdated, Starlink users complain of heat-impacted services, Louisiana waiting on $180 million for broadband.