 Denver 's west @-@ central geographic location in the Mountain Time Zone ( UTC − 7 ) also benefits the telecommunications industry by allowing communication with both North American coasts , South America , Europe , and Asia in the same business day . Denver 's location on the 105th meridian at over one mile ( 1 @.@ 6 km ) in elevation also enables it to be the largest city in the U.S. to offer a " one @-@ bounce " real @-@ time satellite uplink to six continents in the same business day . Qwest Communications , Dish Network Corporation , Starz @-@ Encore , DIRECTV , and Comcast are a few of the many telecommunications companies with operations in the Denver area . These and other high @-@ tech companies had a boom in Denver in the mid to late 1990s . Denver had one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation at 3 @.@ 8 % in October 2007 . As of April 2015 , the unemployment rate for the Denver @-@ Aurora @-@ Broomfield MSA is 4 @.@ 2 % . The Downtown region has seen increased real estate investment with the construction of several new skyscrapers set to be completed in 2010 – 2013 . 
