UC2B awarded National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) 2012 Community Broadband Project of the Year

Posted September 13, 2012 by admin & filed under Announcements.

Urbana Champaign Big Broadband (UC2B) project has been awarded the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) 2012 Community Broadband Project of the Year. The award recognizes UC2B “for deploying an innovative, open-access Fiber to the Home network, and turning on its head the traditional model of starting with the most lucrative areas by prioritizing first low-income and unserved communities.”

View full press release from City of Champaign

View official NATOA announcement

New UC2B RFP’s Posted on City of Champaign Website

Posted July 16, 2012 by admin & filed under Announcements, Latest News.

The City of Champaign recently posted two UC2B related Request for Proposals on their website

Click here for UC2B RFP for Customer Call Center Services

Click here for UC2B RFP for Repair and Maintenance of FTTP Electronics and Associated Hardware at Customer Locations

UC2B wants to expand to all of CU

Posted July 10, 2012 by admin & filed under Announcements, Latest News.

UC2B wants to provide state-of-the-art fiber connectivity to all households in Champaign-Urbana, which we can do if we win a national competition for a community-wide fiber build-out. Our proposal will be submitted in late July and we expect to notify the community of the results of our success in November, 2012.