Colorado pricing
Ethernet Pricing Colorado
Indicative ranges, honestly labelled, plus the five things that actually change what you pay.
Ethernet transport is priced per circuit and per mile, not per site, so these ranges move more than internet pricing does. A short metro circuit between two lit Denver buildings sits at the bottom of these ranges. The same bandwidth between Denver and a mountain town sits well above the top of them.
| Service | Typical Colorado monthly range |
|---|---|
| Point to point, 100 Mbps, metro | $350 to $900 |
| Point to point, 1 Gbps, metro | $700 to $2,000 |
| Point to point, 1 Gbps, intercity | $1,200 to $4,500 |
| Multipoint Ethernet, per site | $400 to $1,500 |
| Cloud on-ramp, 1 Gbps | $600 to $1,800 |
| Dark fiber, per pair per mile | Quoted per route, term driven |
What Ethernet services actually are
Ethernet transport is not internet access. It is a private connection between two or more of your own locations, or between your site and a data centre or cloud provider. No public internet is involved unless you add it.
- Point to point Ethernet, sometimes called E-Line. One site to one other site. Simple and predictable.
- Multipoint Ethernet, or E-LAN. Several sites on one virtual switch, so every location can reach every other.
- Ethernet to a data centre or cloud on-ramp, which is how most direct cloud connections are delivered.
- Dark fiber, where you light the strands yourself. Highest cost to start, lowest cost per megabit at scale.
Pricing is driven by distance between the endpoints and by whether both ends are already on the carrier's network. A short metro circuit between two lit buildings is dramatically cheaper than the same bandwidth between two towns.
What moves the price
- Lit building or new build. The single biggest variable, and in Colorado terrain it swings wider than in flatter states.
- Front Range or off corridor. Competition along the corridor pushes prices down in a way that simply does not happen in the mountains.
- Whether a municipal network serves the address. Inside NextLight, Connexion or Pulse territory the whole pricing conversation changes.
- Contract term. Sixty months beats thirty six meaningfully, and carriers absorb far more construction cost on a longer term.
- Whether you need an SLA. Dropping from dedicated to broadband remains the largest single cost reduction available.
How this compares to buying internet at each site
| Bandwidth | Business fiber broadband | Dedicated internet |
|---|---|---|
| 500 Mbps | $140 to $350 | $700 to $1,600 |
| 1 Gbps | $180 to $600 | $850 to $2,400 |
Those are internet prices, shown for scale. Ethernet transport is bought per circuit and per mile rather than per site, so the comparison that matters is whether your traffic between sites justifies a private path at all. For a lot of multi-site businesses, SD-WAN over ordinary internet now does the job for less.
Pricing by metro
Metro matters less than the building, but it is not nothing. Dense metro cores have more carriers competing, which is where the real savings come from.
Common questions
What does business fiber cost in Colorado?
Business fiber broadband typically runs from around $90 to a few hundred dollars a month. Dedicated internet with an SLA typically runs from $400 into the thousands depending on bandwidth. Your building being lit or not is the biggest single variable.
Are these prices negotiable?
Yes, particularly on longer terms and where more than one carrier can reach the building. Competition does more than negotiation.
Why will nobody publish real prices?
Because there is no such thing as a real price without an address. Construction cost dominates, and it is different at every building. Anyone publishing a firm price without knowing your address is guessing.
Get the actual number for your building
Ranges are useful for budgeting. They are useless for deciding. The quotes are free and they take a few days.