The Pagosa Springs Community Development Corporation (PSCDC), the Town of Pagosa Springs, Archuleta County, and Visionary Broadband are excited to announce the completion of Visionary’s Phase II fiber build in downtown Pagosa.
The newest phase serves a mixture of both business and residential with expanded offerings and provides gigabit service.
“Business today cannot operate without high-speed and reliable internet, and we are extremely happy to see this level of speed and service,” said Community Development Executive Director Emily Lashbrooke, noting that the increased fiber can be an economic driver.
Visionary Broadband has been an Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Archuleta and surrounding counties since 2003, operating as Skywerx Industries before its acquisition by Visionary in 2017.
“Developing ongoing connectivity solutions throughout Pagosa Springs and Archuleta County is vital to the community,” says Stacie McDonald, vice president of public relations. “We are thrilled to see our continued partnerships here culminate to serve residents and businesses in Phase II. We look forward to continued expansion and increased offerings via fiber and wireless to both current and new subscribers.”
This expansion was achieved in part through the leased utilization of the community’s SCAN Network fiber. Archuleta County Broadband Manager Eric Hittle added, “We’re very pleased with Visionary’s investment into our community and to now have our first residential ‘Fiber to the Home’ area fully functional, built off the public fiber infrastructure. We look forward to many more partnership projects to try and reach as many Archuleta County residences as possible.”
Citizens in the recently lit area can be serviced through overhead aerial drops, which makes installation possible with minimal disruption year-round, a benefit as winter approaches. An additional benefit cited in 2015 by the FTTH Council showed that availability of fiber to a property can increase values by up to 3.1%, similar in value to adding a half bathroom, according to Computerworld.
Pagosa Springs Broadband Availability Map below shows wireless reach in blue, fiber zones in green, and fiber trunks in pink.
More information regarding service availability can be found at www.vcn.com
About Visionary Broadband
Founded in December of 1994, Visionary is a pioneering Internet Service Provider, based in Wyoming and Colorado. The company has grown to become one of the largest and most geographically diverse ISP in the Rocky Mountain region, providing customers with broadband Internet over fiber and wireless connections. Visionary is focused on providing quality Internet service for underserved and rural markets. Visionary is a privately owned company, with its workforce residing and accessing connectivity within the company’s service area. https://www.vcn.com/)
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