Plans to enhance broadband and cell coverage in Santa Fe are getting a boost from several new telecommunication franchise agreements.

A wave of new telecom infrastructure is en route, and in a city where famously spotty cellular and internet service has long bedeviled 21st century businesses, residents and tourists alike, there’s optimism Santa Fe will soon turn the great connectivity corner A raft of telecommunication franchise agreements are coming down the citys legislative pike; the resulting network expansions in the citys public rights of way could eventually provide Santa Feans with faster speeds, broader coverage and additional retail competition and thus lower costs, according to city fiscal analyses.