Colorado has a five-year strategic plan to help enable statewide broadband connectivity by partnering with the private sector to assure availability to all Coloradans. A number of initiatives from both the public and private sectors are underway to bring affordable broadband to all Coloradans.
Metro Denver is the headquarters or is home to major regional operations for Comcast, Level 3 Communications, CenturyLink, Sprint Nextel, and numerous other high-profile telecommunications companies. Cable, DSL and other high-speed services are broadly available throughout the region.
Metro Denver Telecommunications Information
- Satellite – Metro Denver’s unique geographic location in the Mountain Time Zone makes it the largest city in the United States to offer one-bounce satellite uplinks. This provides companies with real-time connections to six of seven continents in one business day.
- Subscription TV – Metro Denver is the birthplace of the cable television industry. The industry evolved from pioneering companies such as Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI) and Jones Intercable and now includes Time Warner Cable, Comcast, DISH Network, and others. The Cable Center, located on the University of Denver campus, provides education, training, and research in all aspects of cable telecommunications.
- Voice and Data Services – Metro Denver businesses and households have access to numerous providers that offer landline and wireless phone services and high-speed Internet service. The region has more than 30 long-distance providers for intraLATA calls, or long distance calls within a local access transport area (LATA). Metro Denver’s extensive fiber optic network allows the flow of voice and data traffic at lower prices.