In a deal between service providers in Colorado, Visionary Broadband has acquired Mountain Broadband.
The press release has no details of the transaction. It says that Mountain Broadband will rebrand as Visionary Broadband, the acquired company’s “team” will be retained, and the new owners will begin the rollout of gigabit services in the Mountain Broadband footprint and move into surrounding areas in the coming months.
Mountain Broadband’s website said the company was formed in 2010 and was active in four areas: Gilpin County (including Dory Lakes, Rollinsville, and surrounding areas); Boulder County (Nederland, Eldora, Sugarloaf, and from the eastern portion of Ridge Road to Boulder); Jefferson County (including Coal Creek Canyon, Golden Gate Canyon, Conifer, and parts of Evergreen); and unspecified areas in Sedalia.
“Acquiring Mountain Broadband aligns perfectly with our vision of bringing high-speed internet to rural areas,” Visionary Broadband CEO Brian Worthen said in the announcement. “We are continuing our focus on reliable broadband in remote corners of the region.”
This is not the only recent acquisition by Visionary Broadband. Last March, it took the reins of Aristata Communications, which operated in Chaffee, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, and Lake counties in Colorado. The value of the acquisition and other details were not disclosed.
Aristata had used Visionary’s network from Salida to Buena Vista to reach the internet and, in 2023, partnered on a grant application in Colorado aimed at bringing service to about 1,300 homes in and around Buena Vista and Nathrop.
Visionary Broadband, said in November 2022, that it would will spend $100 million to build fiber internet in 20 communities in Colorado as well as Wyoming and Montana, where it also operates.
Late last year, before the Mountain Broadband acquisition, Visionary Broadband introduced 5 Gbps service. Its services previously topped out at 2 Gbps.
