[1st-mile-nm] Hello from Colorado Broadband Data and Development Program

[Ohrtman, Frank]

Hi All!

 

Just a note to reach out from the north and add a regional perspective
to the list. Our approach to improving the broadband environment in
rural and remote Colorado is the establishment of Local Technology
Planning Teams (see our web site at 
http://www.colorado.gov/oit/Broadband) of which we have teams for the
entire southern tier of counties of CO. 

 

Those teams are responsible for self-direction in building broadband
capacity. Of note, we are achieving some significant results in the San
Luis Valley where three new middle mile paths have been built since the
inception of the San Luis Valley Telecommunications Co-operative (the
local technology planning team). To complement those new middle miles
(no subsidies, no federal grants or loans), a new first mile, Crestone
Telecommunications, LLC, a start-up headed by Crestone's mayor and
funded by $100,000 in local investor pledges and $100,000 loan from the
local economic development district  will launch in the next 30 days.

 

In doing this work we hit upon a methodology we call the "7 A's" which
we document in a publication available on our web site or 
http://tinyurl.com/localtechnologyplanningteams

 

Hope this helps,

 

Frank Ohrtman

Communications Manager

Colorado Broadband Data and Development Program

303-910-5968

frank.ohrtman at state.co.us

 

 

 

 

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