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News Release Agenda of Eighth Annual Conference Includes National Leadership as well as Colorado’s Lieutenant Governor Examining Creative Community Broadband Solutions   Vail, Colorado – Today Mountain Connect, the West’s leading conference announced that more than 500 industry professionals and community leaders will gather next week to examine the current-state of broadband in our communities…

This year's recorded sessions feature some (but not all) of our lively panels and presentations. Colorado Governor's Cabinet Panel Moderator: Anthony Neal-Graves: EED CO Broadband Office Panel Stephanie Copeland: ED OEDIT, Irv Halter: ED DOLA, Sumana Nallapati: CIO State of Colorado, Michael P. Lewis: CO CDOT Sterling Ranch: Colorado’s First Ground-up Smart City, Mountain Connect…

Adam Bender, covering Mountain Connect 2017 for Communications Daily provided the following updates from the Tuesday sessions: Officials Weigh Risks of Muni Broadband Against Inaction Acting alone, the private sector is unlikely to spread broadband everywhere it’s needed, Colorado government officials said Tuesday at Mountain Connect, a municipal broadband conference streamed from Dillon. Colorado seeks…

Adam Bender, covering Mountain Connect 2017 for Communications Daily provided the following updates from the Tuesday sessions: Gigabit Broadband Speeds Should Be US Goal, Conference Told Gigabit-speed networks could resolve policy issues including net neutrality and the rural-urban divide, broadband advocates said Tuesday at the Mountain Connect conference webcast from Dillon, Colorado. The gigabit network…

Agenda Includes National Leadership Aimed at Uncovering Creative Community Broadband Solutions Keystone, Colorado – Today Mountain Connect, the West’s leading conference announced its agenda and speaker lineup. The conference is dedicated to accelerating smart city and municipal broadband efforts to promote innovation and drive economic growth. This year’s conference is once again at the Keystone…

June 9, from Communications Daily By Adam Bender Colorado will be prepared to build its own radio access network (RAN) for the national public safety network and may reject FirstNet’s proposal if the federal plan doesn’t meet the state’s expectations, a state official said Tuesday at the live-streamed Mountain Connect conference in Keystone, Colorado. Brian…

June 8, from Communications Daily By Adam Bender A Colorado state legislator cheered an increasing number of communities that have voted to allow broadband deployment by their local governments, opting out of a 2005 state restriction. In a live-streamed keynote Tuesday at the Mountain Connect conference in Keystone, Colorado, Rep. Diane Mitsch Bush (D) supported…

From The Daily Sentinel, by Dennis Webb Venturing into public-sector broadband development has provided benefits and lessons for county and local governments in Colorado, according to speakers Tuesday at an annual conference. Representatives from Rio Blanco County, Cortez, Glenwood Springs and Fort Morgan were among speakers at the Mountain Connect Broadband Development Conference that was…