Centennial asks for resident and business input on internet services

BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As many residents depend on daily usage of the internet, the City of Centennial is looking at how it may expand its ber network to support the community’s future broadband needs.

To help in this evaluation, the city is asking its residents and local businesses to complete online surveys by Aug. 14 about their experiences with their internet service, as well as share their expectations for how they are likely to use their internet service in the future.

Centennial has partnered with the company Digital Ubiquity Capital to assess the potential of a publicprivate partnership that is “aimed at expanding connectivity and introducing smart city ber services to boost residential and business internet usage,” the city said in a news release. e city’s current 50-mile, 432-strand ber network was completed in 2018. According to Centennial’s website, the network “enables both existing and new broadband providers to tie into the new infrastructure.” e creation of the ber network was years in the making. In 2013, Centennial voters supported a ballot question that allowed the city to

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