Use this version. Unfortunately, the growth pattern only takes place along what s known as the Front Range, a 120-mile strip at the eastern foot of the Rocky Mountains from Fort Collins through Denver and down to Colorado Springs.
Powers hopes that a shot of technology can change the fortune of rural Colorado.
The effort came about after the state, saddled with an IT project workload that required robust communications, found that some of its rural field offices couldn t even get a T-1 line. The effort hasn t been easy. The state government will use about 45 percent of the network s capacity, leaving plenty of fiber for private-sector and community organizations. The MNT does not connect organizations, however. Instead, the contractor is building 70 different Aggregated Network Access Points across the state.