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Colorado BEAD funding

Colorado's BEAD final proposal covers 96,065 locations. 45,723 of them (47.6%) are slated for fiber to the premises, which ranks Colorado #21 of 51 for fiber locations. The deployment cost is $420.6 million against an original allocation of $826.5 million.

Allocation
$826.5 million
Deployment cost
$420.6 million
Locations
96,065
Fiber locations
45,723

Technology mix

Low earth orbit satellite47,65249.6%
Fiber to the premises45,72347.6%
Fixed wireless2,6902.8%

Who won BEAD money in Colorado

25 providers, largest grant first. The ones building fiber or cable are the ones hiring construction crews.

10,232 locations · Fiber · provider match $35.6 million · est. completion August 1, 2030 · about 781 mi buried + 266 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
5,836 locations · Fiber · provider match $22.4 million · est. completion August 1, 2030 · about 1,280 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Highline
$50.5 million
8,350 locations · Fiber · provider match $21.7 million · est. completion August 1, 2028 · about 197 mi buried + 657 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
4,334 locations · Fiber · provider match $23.1 million · est. completion August 1, 2030 · about 299 mi buried + 820 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Clear Networx, LLC
$25.9 million
2,022 locations · Fiber · provider match $12.7 million · est. completion August 1, 2030 · about 84 mi buried + 123 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
42,252 locations · Satellite (LEO) · provider match $8.5 million · est. completion January 1, 2028
1,395 locations · Fiber (88%) / Licensed-by-rule fixed wireless (12%) · est. completion February 1, 2030 · about 55 mi buried + 133 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
4,307 locations · Fiber (84%) / Licensed-by-rule fixed wireless (16%) · provider match $3.7 million · est. completion August 1, 2028 · about 120 mi buried + 118 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Smiling J, LLC
$12.8 million
1,058 locations · Fiber · provider match $6.2 million · est. completion August 1, 2029 · about 102 mi buried + 159 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
1,088 locations · Fiber · provider match $4.0 million · est. completion August 1, 2030 · about 271 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
989 locations · Fiber · est. completion August 1, 2030 · about 73 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
5,400 locations · Satellite (LEO) · provider match $8.4 million · est. completion March 1, 2028
1,127 locations · Fiber · provider match $2.7 million · est. completion August 1, 2030 · about 35 mi buried + 49 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
949 locations · Fiber · provider match $6.7 million · est. completion August 1, 2029 · about 35 mi buried + 23 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
1,208 locations · Fiber · provider match $1.9 million · est. completion June 1, 2028 · about 14 mi buried + 69 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
SECOM, Inc.
$4.0 million
1,326 locations · Fiber (88%) / Licensed-by-rule fixed wireless (9%) / Unlicensed fixed wireless (3%) · provider match $1.6 million · est. completion August 1, 2029 · about 1 mi buried + 54 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Resound Networks
$3.9 million
812 locations · Fiber (43%) / Unlicensed fixed wireless (36%) / Licensed fixed wireless (21%) · provider match $1.3 million · est. completion August 1, 2028 · about 11 mi buried + 32 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Fti Wifi
$3.2 million
248 locations · Fiber · provider match $1.6 million · est. completion May 1, 2028 · about 50 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
702 locations · Fiber · provider match $992,863 · est. completion August 1, 2028 · about 28 mi buried + 12 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
City of Loveland
$2.3 million
188 locations · Fiber · provider match $800,622 · est. completion August 1, 2029 · about 12 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
180 locations · Fiber · provider match $594,221 · est. completion August 1, 2030 · about 10 mi buried + 16 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
485 locations · Fiber · provider match $587,530 · est. completion August 1, 2028 · about 28 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
237 locations · Fiber · provider match $531,167 · est. completion August 1, 2029 · about 8 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
1,196 locations · Licensed-by-rule fixed wireless · provider match $289,100 · est. completion August 1, 2027 · about 1 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
144 locations · Fiber · provider match $64,603 · est. completion April 1, 2027 · about 3 mi buried + 1 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)

Source: Colorado Broadband Office, BEAD Final Proposal data uploads (files updated 2025-12-16). Summed per provider from Colorado's Final Proposal data uploads. Grants total $420,604,502.70 and locations 96,065, both matching NTIA. Provisional awards can change as the state finalizes agreements.

What it means for contractors

Fiber locations are the ones that turn into construction: underground and aerial placement, boring, splicing, drops, and restoration. The providers that won these areas build them, often with subcontractors. Check the Colorado broadband office's BEAD page for the providers selected in each area. Those providers, and the primes they hire, are who to call about sub work.

Colorado BEAD officeNTIA state pageFinal proposal overview (PDF)Colorado 811 rules

Fiber work in Colorado on the board

No open fiber posts in Colorado right now. Post work or list your crew, both free.

Fiber crews that work in Colorado

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Source: NTIA, final proposal overview updated December 1, 2025. NTIA marks these figures subject to change pending final review. All states.