It still has a large presence in Broomfield, at the former Level 3 headquarters.

The company has more than 5,000 employees in Colorado. “We’re investing in fiber technology that’s future proof.” “We’re bringing the same fiber into those communities as we’re doing in downtown Denver,” said Gunther. It uses grants from the federal government, and Colorado, then partners with local communities, he said.

Lumen Technologies has also worked to bring that fiber-optic internet service to many rural and underserved Colorado communities. “It’s a new way of supporting customers,” Gunther said. They’ve also added mesh routers to homes they service to address thick walls, large homes, basement areas that were previously under-served. There’s support offered 24/7, and people can configure their services on a simple app on their phone.” “But one of the things we’re doing as part of the Quantum Fiber platform is an all digital experience. “The technology itself is best in class, so that inherently addresses a lot of those performance issues,” he said. What we’re doing with Quantum Fiber is we’re extending that fiber connection from the core backbone all the way to the home or small business.”Ĭustomers can pick a plan that $65 per month for almost 1 GB of speed (940 megabytes), with “no contracts or data caps.” It also just rolled out a $30 per month plan for 200 megabytes of data service.Ĭolorado awarded up to $104 million in federal funds for small business loans “We have a core network that is all fiber based. “We’re creating a super-high-speed fiber technology all the way to the home … that’s being built on top of the fiber network we’ve been investing in for years across the metro area,” he said. To find out if your home or small business can get Quantum Fiber, visit q.com. The company recently started rolling out its “Quantum Fiber” product to homes and small businesses in metro Denver, which can deliver up to 8 GB per second of upload/download speed through fiber optic networks - about 40-times faster than most consumer broadband networks based on coaxial, or copper, lines. “But it’s a sub-brand, or division, of Lumen.” “People will still see that CenturyLink sign on our trucks, and some of our buildings,” said Gunther. At the time of the merger, Qwest was the third largest landline phone (and broadband) company in the United States.Ĭolorado whiskey distilleries applaud American Single Malt classification proposal Denver residents at the time will recall seeing QWEST signs on top of its 52-story headquarters downtown at 1801 California St., previously at 555 17th St. But Colorado customers will recognize it by the name of CenturyLink Telecommunications Co., before it was rebranded earlier this year.ĬenturyLink used to be Denver-based Qwest Communications International Inc., before the $24 billion merger with the Monroe, Louisiana.-based CenturyLink in 2011. Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) is a global technology company that provides “approximately 500,000 route fiber miles” for business and residential customers in more than 60 countries, according to its website. But its previous company iterations go back decades in Denver. The company bringing up to 8 gigabytes-per-second broadband speeds to metro Denver and rural communities statewide, Lumen Technologies, may not sound familiar to many.

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