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Re:26 States Now Ban or Restrict Community Broadband by nixpulvis on Friday April 19, 2019 @05:58PM (#19703366)
As someone who voted for https://bouldercolorado.gov/connect-boulder/boulder-broadban..., I'm curious what the implications of Colorado's "Prohibitive Referendum Requirements" are?

EDIT: If I'm reading this correctly, then this point is no longer true for CO.

> As of 2018, the state is moving forward with a new bill (HB-1099) that will remove this problem. This bill is expected to pass in the coming months, but is not official at the time of this writing.

https://broadbandnow.com/report/municipal-broadband-roadbloc...

Re:26 States Now Ban or Restrict Community Broadband by jbuzbee on Friday April 19, 2019 @09:31PM (#19704310)
I'm in Centennial Colorado - Several years ago we voted to allow commercial companies to lease the city's fiber. As a result, I now have symmetric gigabit fiber from a company named Ting running into the house for around $89 a month.
Re:26 States Now Ban or Restrict Community Broadband by azinman2 on Friday April 19, 2019 @10:13PM (#19704429)
Sonic in the Bay Area has symmetric gigabit fiber for $60/mo!!!
Re:26 States Now Ban or Restrict Community Broadband by bproven on Friday April 19, 2019 @07:20PM (#19703828)
Also Fort Collins CO - they recently (last year?) passed city approval to roll out municipal broadband. it is actively laying fiber now and expected to be live by start of 2020 or earlier. Gigabit speeds. It would be great if Boulder were next to get this. Comcast fought VERY hard to prevent it...
Re:26 States Now Ban or Restrict Community Broadband by ryannevius on Friday April 19, 2019 @08:20PM (#19704081)
Believe it or not, Estes Park is also working hard to get approval for municipal broadband.
Re:26 States Now Ban or Restrict Community Broadband by leesalminen on Friday April 19, 2019 @10:24PM (#19704463)
We’re right down the way in Pinewood Springs and can only dream that the fiber will get laid along 36 so that we can get in on the action, too!
Re:26 States Now Ban or Restrict Community Broadband by ryannevius on Saturday April 20, 2019 @02:05AM (#19705048)
AFAIK, they're already laying the lines along highway 7. As of last year, I no longer live in the area, but you may be able to find out more through the Estes Park EDC.
Re:26 States Now Ban or Restrict Community Broadband by lukeschlather on Friday April 19, 2019 @07:06PM (#19703751)
This is the text of the final bill: https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2018a_1099_sign...

Reading the text, it sounds like that was the bill that created the problem in the first place.