Colorado has the nation’s 10th-highest use of broadband Internet, according to Commerce Department and census data.
In 2009, 69 percent of Colorado households had high- speed Internet connections.
Four states tied for the highest broadband use, at 73 percent: Alaska, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Utah.
A study commissioned last year by the state of Colorado showed that 97.5 percent of Colorado households have access to broadband, but not all of them subscribe to the service.
The study by the Colorado Office of Information Technology showed a wide gap between urban and rural areas for high-speed access.
While almost every household in metro Denver can subscribe to broadband service, 15 counties in rural areas of the state had availability of less than 80 percent.
Custer County in southern Colorado, with about 4,000 residents, had the lowest rate, at 56 percent. Steve Raabe, The Denver Post
