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Welcome
The Colorado Broadband Office (CBO) leads the statewide effort to expand broadband coverage and quality for Coloradans and coordinates all broadband efforts for Colorado.
The CBO is growing! We’re happy to welcome many new employees this month. With their help, we’ll move closer to achieving our goal of connecting 99% of Colorado households to high-speed broadband by Dec. 31, 2027.
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Please remember that Letters Of Intent (LOIs)s to apply for Advance Colorado Broadband grants are due to the CBO on July 18. If you missed the LOI webinars, you can find the presentations and recordings on our website.
Visit the Advance Colorado Broadband website or follow us on Twitter @CO_Broadband for more information and resources.
The CBO would like to thank our partners who responded to our survey assessing broadband needs in local governments and our community organizations—we had over 200 responses! We will incorporate your feedback as we continue to develop our plan. Thanks again for your support!
The Broadband Data team is collecting broadband service availability data depicting service as of June 30, 2022. Our Fall 2022 Data Cycle opened up on July 6 and we will continue to accept data submissions from internet service providers (ISPs) until Sept. 2. Our team works closely with ISPs to ensure that we obtain accurate data. ISP-submitted data is processed then aggregated into a single statewide dataset to show broadband availability in the Colorado Broadband Map.
Please note that ISPs who participate or intend to participate in any State of Colorado funding programs are required to submit data, though we encourage all ISPs to participate.
Learn How to Submit Data
Join us on Wednesday, July 13 at 1 p.m. for the first webinar of our Broadband Data & Mapping Webinar Series, which will focus on helping ISPs prepare for and participate in our data collection process. Register for the Broadband Data Collection Webinar
Visit our website for data specifications and submission instructions:
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Adam Nazarian
GIS Technician, Broadband Data Program
Colorado Broadband Office
Tell us about your role at the CBO.
“I assist the CBO in mapping efforts to provide accurate data on broadband coverage within the state of Colorado. I was driven to get involved with this effort as I have done field work in rural communities and had to spend 25% of a workday commuting to a stable internet connection to upload my mapping data.”
How did you get here?
“I am new to the CBO. My previous experience was field and back office mapping of infrastructure and remediation/monitoring of groundwater/soil. I was led to this role after doing mapping of both underground and overhead communication lines and realizing how complex the underlying systems are.”
What do you like most about your job?
“Receiving and processing data in areas of Colorado where I have previously done field work reminds of my time spent in those communities and the folks we are serving.”
How do you like to spend your time when you aren’t working?
“Hiking (especially during the winter when the trails are less crowded and you can go to frozen waterfalls/lakes). Biking around town. Being out in nature.”
What is one food that you cannot resist?
“Egg and potato breakfast burrito, smothered.”
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Colorado Broadband Office Events
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Deployment Board & Fund
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Visit the Colorado Broadband Map
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The Broadband Deployment Board (BDB) Winter and Summer 2022 Grant Cycle timelines have been updated! Thank you for your patience with this process. Please see the calendar on our website for meeting dates and times.
The BDB held a meeting on Tuesday, July 5 to discuss the Re-Review of applications from the Summer 2021 Grant Cycle, as was required by the signing of HB22-1306. Details regarding those board decisions can be found on the Grant Awards page on our website.
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As mentioned above, our data submission window is now open through Sept. 2 for data depicting service as of June 30, 2022. We are hosting a Broadband Data Collection Webinar on July 13 at 1 p.m. to walk through the data submission process. Please reach out to oit_BroadbandData@state.co.us if you have any questions.
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FCC Broadband Data Collection Challenge Process
The Broadband Data Team is also actively preparing for the upcoming challenge processes for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Broadband Data Collection (BDC). The new FCC BDC is underway with data submissions due Sept. 1. This new data collection will result in more accurate national broadband maps by collecting more granular data from ISPs and overlaying that data with a nationwide dataset called the Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric (“Fabric”).
The FCC will accept two types of challenges to the data:
- Challenges to the location data in the Fabric
- Challenges to the accuracy of the availability data (fixed and/or mobile)
A bulk Fabric challenge process will open in early September for service providers, governments and other entities and organizations. Individual consumer challenges to the Fabric, availability data and bulk challenges to the availability data will open upon the release of the maps in the fall.
To prepare for this process, we are reviewing the data specifications, identifying areas in Colorado that may warrant challenges and identifying data to support challenges. Please reach out to oit_BroadbandData@state.co.us if you have questions about how your organization can prepare for the challenge processes.
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Broadband Deployment Board Winter 2022 Grant Cycle Application Review: Part 2
Tuesday, July 12, at 9:30 a.m.
The Broadband Deployment Board will continue to review Winter 2022 Grant Applications during this Board meeting. Part 2 will pick up directly where Part 1 left off.
Advance Colorado Broadband Office Hours
Tuesday, July 12, at noon
Join Brandy Reitter and CBO staff for the second round of office hours to ask questions about the Letter of Intent (LOI) and broadband funding opportunities. The entire session will be dedicated to Q&A.
Broadband Data Collection Webinar
Wednesday, July 13, at 1 p.m.
The first webinar in our Broadband Data & Mapping Webinar series will focus on the CBO’s biannual Broadband Data Collection. Our team will walk through our process to collect broadband availability data from ISPs, including the data collection timeline, how ISPs can prepare and submit data, how the CBO processes data, and how and when the data is published.
Broadband Advisory Board Meeting
Tuesday, July 19, at 11 a.m.
As a result of Governor Polis’ June 2 signing of the EO D 2022 023, the Broadband Advisory Board (BAB) was dissolved. This will be the final BAB meeting, where we will discuss how the CBO will work to implement the new Executive Order.
Summer 2022 Grant Cycle - Introduction Webinar
Wednesday, July 27, at 10 a.m.
Join us for an informational orientation webinar on the process of applying for funds from the Broadband Deployment Board. We will go over the mechanics of the application, highlight new developments in submission requirements and statutory modifications, and field questions related to the application process. Additional details and registration information can be found on our calendar and website.
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We continue to monitor federal programs and highlight recent developments in this space. Please visit our website and follow us on Twitter for more updates on federal broadband news.
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