A small Colorado company planning to apply for broadband stimulus...
A small Colorado company planning to apply for broadband stimulus money started a mapping Web site to collect information on untapped markets. RidgeviewTel created WeNeedBroadband.com, a dialup-friendly Web site where users lacking broadband can enter their names and physical…
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addresses. The site stores the information in a database and maps users’ locations. RidgeviewTel will include select information in grant and loan applications it plans to submit to the NTIA and Rural Utilities Service, CEO Vince Jordan said. The company will share the information with other service providers, and, if enough information is collected, also with the government agencies, he said. RidgeviewTel has built 54 broadband networks in Colorado, New York and Illinois. The company plans to expand in its current markets and enter new ones around the U.S., Jordan said.