Voters in 3 cities, one county will face ballot question over high-speed internet in November. Meghan_Lopez reports:
CASTLE PINES, Colo. — If there’s one technology takeaway the pandemic taught Colorado communities, it’s how integral the internet is to our daily lives. With families working or attending school at home, it wasn’t just rural or mountain communities that faced internet slowdowns but also urban areas like Douglas County.
“There were cities in the nation that were making moves to develop their own infrastructure and then cell service to citizens at lower prices than the private sector, and the private sector didn't like that,” said Kevin Bommer, the executive director of the Colorado Municipal League. With so much new construction underway in Castle Pines, residents might expect to have access to high-speed broadband. The city is about to double its size in population with two new developments.
Because Castle Pines is expanding so much with new development, Engerman says there is a cost-savings benefit to doing the work now while construction is already underway rather than later. While high-speed broadband is available in some parts of the county, it’s expensive for internet providers to run the lines further out to more secluded homes or neighborhoods.
Thomas insists the county doesn’t want to become an internet provider, but she says she has taken phone calls from numerous residents who live in populous places like Parker or Highlands Ranch but who cannot get access to this infrastructure without the county stepping in to help.
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