Metro Denver's unique geographic location in the mountain time zone makes it the largest city in the U.S. to offer one-bounce satellite uplinks. This provides metro Denver companies real-time connections to six of seven continents in one business day. 

Metro Denver is the birthplace of the cable television industry with pioneering companies such as Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI) and Jones Intercable.  Today, metro Denver is home to many cable television and digital satellite companies such as Time Warner Cable, Comcast, and EchoStar.

The Metro Denver area is also a national center for telecommunications with such companies as Qwest Communications, Lucent Technologies, MCI WorldCom, Sprint, and Level 3 Communications. 

Consumers can choose from more than 30 long-distance providers for intra-LATA calls, which are long distance calls within a local access transport area (LATA). The Metro Denver area has an extensive fiber optic network, allowing the flow of voice and data traffic at lower prices.