Rural broadband in Colorado is getting a $420 million boost. Where’s the money is going?

Rural broadband in Colorado is getting a $420 million boost. Where’s the money is going?

Colorado’s rural communities are slated to receive over $420 million in federal funding for high-speed internet, state officials announced on Tuesday.  The funding will come from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a federal 2021 law passed under former President Joe Biden that allocated $550 billion in new infrastructure investments over five years. That includes $65 billion for broadband infrastructure and subsidies to help lower-incom…