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Of the communities listed in the article, Boulder is by far the largest (with a population just over 100,000.) The rest of the counties and small towns combine
by lotharbot 12y ago
Of the communities listed in the article, Boulder is by far the largest (with a population just over 100,000.) The rest of the counties and small towns combine for a population of under 25,000.
These projects are going to have a very different profile in terms of cost and difficulty compared to the same project in a major metro area.
[Sources: wikipedia. Plus, my great grandparents homesteaded in Wray in the 1890s, and relatives in the area still host family reunions.]
- cookrn 12y agoFair point! My understanding is that, when Xfinity/CenturyLink have laid fiber in Boulder in the past, they were required to lay city-owned fiber along with it. So, hopefully the build out is much more feasible. (I may be entirely _underestimating_ the "last mile" costs relative to larger infrastructure though...)
- hovestol 12y agoI would like to point out that Longmont had already been doing this, a town of 90,000 near Boulder.