Comcast offers gigabit Internet in the Denver area — but to businesses only. Its Gigabit Pro is coming later this year for residential customers.
Gigabit Internet is definitely going on in parts of Colorado, albeit it is still hit and miss. It popped up for residents in Denver and Longmont last year, for businesses in Boulder and Fort Collins this week and in unexpected cities like Pueblo and Montrose.
While not everyone needs gigabit — or 1,000 megabits per second — the move to faster speeds is inevitable. Internet providers are targeting business users first as they move to shifting their data to online storage. That was the impetus of CenturyLink’s move yesterday to expand gigabit service to businesses in Aurora, Fort Collins and Boulder on Monday (read the story: ““).
If you’re curious or wondering when it will be available in your neighborhood, here is what we know today:
It’s here! But where?
CenturyLink — Launched gigabit service to businesses and residential neighborhoods (and ). There’s a few more today but if you , you should call 877-417-3972 to verify and (and let me know if there’s a discrepancy with availability). Here’s the where CenturyLink offers gigabit service:
Baker, Bonnie Brae, Belcaro, Cole, Congress Park, Corey Merrill, Overland, Park Hill, Platt Park, Rosedale, Stapleton (certain parts), Washington Park West, Washington Park East, University, University Park and Villa Park.
This week, CenturyLink turned on in Aurora, Boulder and Fort Collins. The areas within the city that can likely order service are:
Aurora: Fitzsimmons redevelopment, Lowry redevelopment, Aurora Mall, Buckingham Mall redevelopment, The Forum at Fitzsimmons, Buckley Air Force Base
Boulder: 29th Street Mall, Pearl Street Mall, University Hill
Fort Collins: Selected areas
Comcast — Offering multi-gigabit Internet (1 to 10 gbps) to businesses in the metro Denver area since at least 2011 — and it’s now available to Denver-area businesses “in the majority of Comcast’s” coverage area, said a spokesperson. The cable company recently for businesses. As for residential gigabit service, Comcast announced in April in April and . Denver residential customers can expect gigabit this year.
Rise Broadband — , this Douglas County company tends to focus on remote and rural residents and businesses using fixed-wireless Internet service. But it does offer 1 gbps speeds, at around $2,500 a month, to cities including Loveland, Montrose, Pueblo and outside of Castle Rock. Businesses must be within 15-miles of Rise’s fixed-wireless towers.
Longmont — In November, the city of service to residents in the south central part of town. Residents could get in on a “ for $49.95 a month. It just began rolling gigabit out to business users and charges $800 a month.
Level 3 Communications — The Broomfield company is probably better known for owning the Internet backbone, which connects countries to one another using under-sea cables. But since owns so much cable in the U.S. too, it offers medium to super large businesses gigabit Internet — up to 100 gbps. Those customers tend to be Internet service providers. Others in this space include companies like Zayo Group in Boulder.
Google Fiber — While the company in March and appears to charge a (less for consumers), we are not on its list. As of Monday, we are still not on the list, according to a spokesperson. Only .
