Drive ten minutes west of downtown Boulder and the internet map falls apart. The cable runs out, fiber was never trenched up the canyon, and even 5G fixed wireless needs a tower it can see. For households in the foothills, the canyons, and the rural stretches of Boulder County, Starlink isn't one option among many — …

A Boulder address can be ten minutes from a fiber-wired downtown and still have no real broadband. The wired networks stop where the grid stops, and the foothills, canyons, and rural county lots above the city are where the map goes blank. If you've just bought or rented up Sunshine Canyon, Fourmile, Boulder Canyon, or …