{"id":42045,"date":"2022-02-23T04:49:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T11:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/ting-internet-coming-to-durango-cortez\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:04:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:04:58","slug":"ting-internet-coming-to-durango-cortez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/ting-internet-coming-to-durango-cortez\/","title":{"rendered":"Ting Internet coming to Durango, Cortez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=d81ae801-6b08-57a1-b9e2-766d48dba1a2&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" alt=\"Ting Internet, a division of Tucows, will bring its fiber internet services to Colorado\u2019s Western Slope, starting with a full city network build in Durango, Colorado. (Courtesy of Tucows)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Ting Internet, a division of Tucows, will bring its fiber internet services to Colorado\u2019s Western Slope, starting with a full city network build in Durango, Colorado. (Courtesy of Tucows)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Ting Internet, a division of Tucows, will bring its fiber internet services to Colorado\u2019s Western Slope, starting with a full city network build in Durango.<\/p>\n<p>Work in Durango is expected to begin in spring, with fiber service rolling out by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Ting will be Durango\u2019s first citywide fiber internet provider. It will provide dedicated bandwidth, higher speeds and more reliability, according to a Tucows news release sent Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been proudly operating in Colorado for the past five years and are thrilled to announce that we are expanding our footprint to provide better connectivity throughout Colorado\u2019s Western Slope,\u201d said Jill Szuchmacher, executive vice president, Ting Internet. \u201cOur expertise \u2013 both nationwide and especially here within the state \u2013 will help us quickly deliver the high speed internet service that Coloradans deserve and help unlock economic development throughout the broader region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ting\u2019s Western Slope expansion is supported in part by its 2020 acquisition of Cedar Holdings Group, a local telecommunications provider that has served Durango since 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Ting also is participating in the broadband provider request for proposal process happening in Cortez, and is in the planning additional builds in cities and towns across the region.<\/p>\n<p>Residents living in Durango and Cortez can get updates on Ting\u2019s expansion and expected service dates at <a href=\"https:\/\/internet.ting.com\/western-slope\" id=\"link-6c3a6c22355dcab5176f7a3f6286dd29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tinginternet.com\/westernslope<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>be Durango\u2019s first citywide fiber internet provider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2069],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-42045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-telecommunication-service"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85198,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42045\/revisions\/85198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42045"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=42045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}