Once you've decided what kind of connection you want, the next question is which provider to actually sign up with. In Boulder, three options cover most households shopping today: Xfinity cable, Quantum Fiber, and T-Mobile 5G Home Internet. They represent three different technologies — cable, fiber, and fixed wireless …

Boulder has lived through every era of residential internet. Residents who were online in the mid-1990s remember the screech of a 56k modem and the frustration of a busy phone line. A decade later, Comcast cable had taken over most of the city. Today, Boulder has Xfinity gigabit cable, two competing fiber networks, …