New internet provider comes to Brighton

Nebraska-based Allo beginning work to build fiberoptic-based network in city

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Crews from Nebraska-based internet provider Allo Fiber will begin work this week installing their highspeed internet, telephone and TV services in Brighton.

Allo Fiber representative Nichole Spady said the company plans a groundbreaking ceremony at noon Feb. 22, at Barr Lake State Park. Spady said the company hopes to begin o ering high-speed internet to portions of the city this year.

“We have been experiencing growth in a lot of di erent directions, in our home state as well as Colorado and Arizona,” Spady said. “We have been in the business of bringing ber to homes for at least 20 years.” e company, which started in Scottsblu , Nebraska in 2003, currently o ers its services in a handful of Colorado communities, including Erie, Greeley and Breckenridge.

“We are always looking to grow,” Spady said. “We have conversations ongoing with other community leaders through various regions. If they are interested, we have a page on our website where people can ll out a form requesting we come to their city, and we recommend they send that along to their leaders.” e company website puts the company’s Brighton o ce location at 139 N. Main St.

Higher speeds, up and down

Fiber optic internet service uses cables that are thinner than standard cable TV coaxial cables with potentially faster speeds across the internet, but uploads and download speeds.

“I can’t speak to the speeds that coaxial cable o ers but ours starts at one gig, with symmetrical speeds in either direction — uploads or downloads,” she said. “ at really is something we can brag about.” e company is paying Brighton $700 per month to lease the land for their hub. It’s a ten-year lease with options to extend it. e company has not released price packages for Brighton. In other markets, Allo o ers telephone, internet and television services all bundled together or individually. In Greeley, the company charges up to $185 per month for the fastest 2.3-gigabit internet and $105 per month for single gigabit internet speeds.

Brighton councilors discussed a land lease agreement at their Feb. 7 meeting with Allo for a 1,250 squarefoot portion of the city-owned lot at 14950 Brighton Road. e company is building a central hub for the new ber optic network in Brighton there, Deputy City Manager Marv Falconberg said.

Falconberg said the construction work across Brighton should take 18 months to complete.

Allo representative Jacob Higashi told councilors the work will start on the western side of the city along Interstate 76 before moving east. e company will place signs along construction sites and plans to mail information about their service to Brighton residents.

Television service in Greeley begins at $26 per month for local channels and $81 for local and basic TV channels like ESPN, Discovery, A&E, TBS and the like. Premium channels like HBO and Apple TV are also available.

“We are di erent than a cable TV provider, in that it’s not via coaxial cable,” Spady said. “We actually bring ber-optics into the home but everything is available.”

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Phone service in Greeley currently costs $15 per month.

Packages for all three in Greeley cost $190 and $186 for gigabit internet and television.

e company is designing its network in Erie now, with actual construction underway in the neighborhood south of Isabelle Road and east of 111th St.

Councilors were generally pleased to have a new internet provider for residents.

“I’m glad that you’re here,” Councilor Peter Padilla said. “I think competition is a good thing and this helps to begin advance technology and availability across the city. Competition for companies that have been at it a long time is always a good thing.”