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Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter signed a law creating a state map of br...

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter signed a law creating a state map of broadband availability for use in devising ways to get broadband to unserved areas. SB-215 directs the state Office of Information Technology, the Governor’s Innovation Council, other state…

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and local government agencies and the state’s broadband providers to collaborate in mapping areas served, unserved areas likely to see service soon and unserved areas unlikely to get service for a long time. The map, due by April 2009, must show speeds available. The mapping study must address state incentives for broadband investment in unserved areas and the most efficient infrastructure for reaching unserved areas. The project will be funded from grants, gifts and the state universal service fund.