SILVERTON, COLO. -- The town of Silverton and San Juan County have filed a complaint with state regulators accusing Qwest Communications of not fulfilling its obligation to run fiber optic lines to the historic mining town.
The southwestern Colorado town and the county filed a complaint Wednesday with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission.
The complaint stems from a 10-year, $37 million contract the state signed with Denver-based Qwest to provide every county seat with high-speed network capabilities.
The complaint says Silverton is the only county seat where that didn't happen.
But Denver-based Qwest and the state disagree. Qwest officials say the contract mandated a specific bandwidth, but didn't specify the method.
They say the service is being provided via the town's microwave radio.
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