Why Did Eagle-Net Fail? There are several reasons why EagleNet failed. This article series will explore my analysis of the reasons for it, and hopefully provide important context for decision-makers currently considering various PPP (Public-Private Partnerships) models. FORETHOUGHT.net strongly believes there is a role for government to play in expanding broadband availability. However, it will be critical to do PPP right – and to learn from our mistakes – to achieve beneficial results, and avoid wasting the taxpayer’s money. As the private part of public-private partnerships, we believe we have a moral obligation to be good stewards of the people’s money. First, some background, for those who may not be familiar with EagleNet. EagleNet was an Inter-Governmental Agreement among school districts in Colorado, to create an entity to foster broadband connectivity to schools. To achieve this goal, they sought and won a $100 Million grant from the federal NTIA, and… read more →
FORETHOUGHT.net is proud to announce the availability of Gigabit Fiber Internet services at Traer Creek Plaza – 0101 Fawcett Rd, Avon – and The Village at Avon. The result of a unique partnership with Traer Creek, the owner and developer of The Village, FORETHOUGHT.net is now offering the very first Gigabit Fiber Internet available anywhere in Eagle County. Traer Creek Plaza is a gorgeous mixed-use office and retail property in the heart of Avon – and now with FORETHOUGHT.net Gigabit Fiber Internet, it is the best-connected commercial property in Eagle County, and, the place to be if your business needs the absolute best Internet connectivity available. https://www.traercreek.com/traer-creek-plaza In addition to blazing fast Internet, FORETHOUGHT.net offers a variety of Voice-over-IP and Layer 2 WAN connectivity services on its network. Actual speed test from Traer Creek Plaza:
In new interview for The Colorado Trust, a Health Equity Foundation, FORETHOUGHT.net says reliable rural broadband is “as important as electricity. http://www.coloradotrust.org/content/story/important-electricity The mission of FORETHOUGHT.net is to bridge the “digital divide” and ensure that all Coloradans have access to high quality, fast, and reliable broadband. It’s not just for watching videos. For some people, it’s a matter of whether they have access to life-saving medical advice. We are advancing projects in many rural Colorado communities. This year, we started by bringing Silverton out of the “digital desert” with fiber-backed coax broadband. Next up are the towns of Leadville and Redcliff Colorado, which are going to get 25Mbps and up wireless LTE broadband. We are upgrading 400 homes in Gypsum, Colorado, to gigabit fiber to the home. We are building gigabit fiber to the home broadband in Avon, Colorado. The list of projects under way is long, and growing. With… read more →
We expanded our Internet, Cloud and VoIP business services in Grand Junction including Plateau Valley and DeBeque areas. Through our sister company, Brainstorm Internet we have been delivering a robust wireless network. Now we can also offer the Grand Junction communities Ethernet over Copper (EoC), a fast solution for Internet through our downtown Grand Junction central office. In addition to our landmark services we are actively pursuing our vision is to light up Colorado and Northern New Mexico with fiber optics to reduce the digital divide created by low speed internet. We continuously invest in our infrastructure and just upgraded our high speed wireless tower network in the area too. Serving both home and business, we can offer 5M wireless services for home and symmetric 15M/15M and higher for business. Our coverage area includes Grand Junction, Mesa, Molina, Clifton, DeBeque, and Palisade. Downtown Grand Junction can get up to 20M… read more →
We are thrilled to share that we have over three hundred buildings enabled with gigabit fiber internet broadband in Denver alone. In line with our vision to bridge the digital divide in the communities we serve, we are delighted to offer gigabit fiber Internet services to over three hundred buildings in the Denver metro area. We have seen a real need for our services so we continue to invest in the infrastructure to light more areas with gigabit fiber Internet services. And our goal is to price fiber gigabit Internet competitively so that it is priced lower than most current broadband offerings with much higher speeds. We are committed to provide the fastest services without throttling or usage caps so our customers never need to worry about buffering or slow upload and download times. We have extensive peering that reduces latency to less than five milliseconds. Our fiber Internet initiative continues… read more →
We continue to expansion our fiber broadband service area. We now have 100M fiber internet speeds in over 2500 business buildings in Colorado. All installs can be installed in 1o days. We are committed to bridging the digital divide caused by slow internet. We are certainly growing our gigabit services. We are also offering 100M in over 2500 business buildings that typically cannot get such high speeds and we can do that within a ten day install. Our goal is to ensure that the communities we serve have the Internet speeds they need to compete. We are an independent local Internet service provider that is committed to the highest standards of its Internet delivery meaning that we do not throttle or restrict usage. another big plus is our extensive peering. This minimizes buffering and reduces latency to less than five milliseconds. You can have the reassurance that you will receive… read more →
We’re delighted to announce our new website which has been many months in the planning. Since we launched FORETHOUGHT.net, we’ve added new services to our product offering. Now that we service the Front Range and the Western Slope to Farmington, NM it was time to develop a flexible and responsive site searchable in all new service areas including Grand Junction, Durango, Cortez, Telluride and many more. Our new site was focused on the ability to access the content more easily, find out how to get involved as a property owner to a channel partner and quickly communicate with us to get service in your office or home. We hope that you enjoy the new website and that you find it easy to navigate and use. Everything is organized by types of service and by audience need. Some new sections of the site include our channel partner program and property owners.… read more →
Brainstorm Internet is an ISP for the city fiber and now has plans to offer the businesses of Cortez more bandwidth. Brainstorm Internet, a FORETHOUGHT.net company, announced today that it will extend its offerings to the business community in Cortez, Colorado to include 100M internet service and its hosted PBX phone service. “Given our innovative approach to delivering internet and phone service, we are positioned well to provide more for less to the business community in Cortez,” Jawaid Bayzar, president of Brainstorm Internet shared. “In 2014, we are actively pursuing our vision is to light up Colorado and Northern New Mexico with our fiber and to minimize the digital divide created by low speed internet.” Brainstorm Internet continuously invests in its infrastructure and network in order to provide homes and businesses the most up-to-date and flexible solutions possible. For those who use the service, they have a reliable choice for… read more →
FORETHOUGHT.net continues its expansion on its gigabit fiber broadband. Now, the tenants of 2330 Broadway can get gigabit fiber internet service from FORETHOUGHT.net. FORETHOUGHT.net, one of Colorado’s largest independent internet providers, announced today that it offers gigabit fiber internet broadband to multi-tenant buildings including 2330 Broadway, Broadway Plaza in Denver, Colorado. FORETHOUGHT.net president, Jawaid Bazyar, says “We are delighted to continue to provide our Denver communities with the fastest gigabit internet speeds possible. Our plans are to reduce the digital divide throughout all our service areas for both homes and offices throughout Colorado and New Mexico.” Its gigabit fiber internet is priced lower than most current broadband offerings at much lower speeds. Its residential gigabit starts at $70 monthly and its gigabit service for business starts at $200 monthly. For all its services, FORETHOUGHT.net does not throttle or restrict usage. “We receive daily inquiries for gigabit speeds in specific areas… read more →
FORETHOUGHT.net hires new director of business development to help navigate its growth in the multi-tenant and multi-family markets. FORETHOUGHT.net is one of Colorado’s largest independent internet providers and it is growing. The Denver-based communications provider announced today that it hired its director of business development, Patrick Mann. Mr. Mann joins FORETHOUGHT.net with close to 20 award winning years of sales and sales management experience in the IP/Telco industry working with national providers such as Verizon FiOS and Comcast Business. “We are delighted to have such a tenured professional join our team to help build out our gigabit fiber internet throughout Colorado and New Mexico,” said Jawaid Bazyar, president of FORETHOUGHT.net. “Patrick’s expertise is the missing piece to our overall strategy to deliver the fastest speeds possible to our communities and minimize the digital divide that low speeds cause throughout our service area.” As director of business development, Mr. Mann’s responsibilities… read more →
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