County partnership aims to further broadband goals
Garfield County is engaging in a partnership to help expand broadband access in the region through connections with existing fiber lines along Interstate 70. The county, which is partnering with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the nonprofit Region 10, has submitted a request to the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) to reallocate previously awarded grant funding away from proposed wireless infrastructure and toward an expanded middle-mile network system, including “meet-me” centers. The first phase of work aims to expand the meet-me centers, also known as colocation data facilities, along the interstate corridor to help connect broadband providers to
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Focus on economic development, broadband, water rights
GARFIELD COUNTY, CO – The Garfield County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has announced its policy directives, strategies, and priorities for 2019. The county’s action plan includes a focus on improving local broadband infrastructure, increasing service at the landfill, maximizing natural resource opportunities in the Piceance Basin, protecting West Slope water rights, and much more. As part of the county’s ongoing investment in local infrastructure, communications towers at Sunlight and Lookout mountains are being replaced. A wireless broadband improvement project is aimed at improving service for residents in rural areas of Garfield County who have little to no access to
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Garfield County approves contract for broadband “blueprint” phase
GARFIELD COUNTY, CO – The Garfield County Board of County Commissioners approved a $30,000 contract with Mammoth Networks to develop a “blueprint” for the implementation of sustainable wireless broadband service. Mammoth is designing a detailed plan for both implementation and operation of the broadband network, with a focus on providing broadband to rural customers with little to no service. This first phase of the project includes an evaluation of cost savings stemming from a partnership with Pitkin County; quantifying the cost of a middle-mile network; creating a list of needed equipment to provide access to “last-mile” services to more remote
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