Stimulus bids seek wider Net - The Denver Post

A public-private partnership of Internet service providers, schools, libraries and other groups Thursday sought $180 million in federal stimulus funds to expand broadband services at dozens of community institutions across Colorado.

The Colorado Community Anchors Broadband Consortium would use the money to build a network that could provide high-speed Internet service to 178 school districts, 26 libraries and 12 educational-services cooperatives that span 63 counties...