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UC2B Network Set for Nonprofit Transition

By: Roxana Ryan CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, July 30, 2013 — Planned changes in the Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband network (UC2B) will allow for expansion to more homes and lessen the potential burden on local taxpayers, according to city and university representatives. Council

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US Ignite Application Summit

Event Showcases High-Speed Applications, Volunteers Needed The inaugural US Ignite application summit is set for June 24-26 in Chicago! The Center for Digital Inclusion, a partner organization of US Ignite, will present and volunteer at this important event aimed at showcasing the

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UC2B Staff discuss broadband

UC2B staff LaEisha Meaderds, Shavion Scott, and Maryalice Wu discussed broadband on Thursday, January 18th,  on the radio program Gigabit Nation.  To learn more about the UC2B project or to listen to the program, it has been archived at http://bit.ly/WKMdZ0.

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UC2B is featured in this month’s Broadband Communities magazine

The Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband (UC2B) is featured in the this month’s issue of Broadband Communities magazine.  UC2B is an intergovernmental consortium of the University of Illinois and the cities of Urbana and Champaign dedicated to building and operating an open-access

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Oct 24 Online Dialogue: Community Broadband

Community Broadband as a Path to Thriving Local Economies and Neighborhood Development is an online dialogue scheduled for Wednesday, October 24th at 10am PST / 1pm EST (for 60 minutes) *RSVP Now!* In the last several years local communities, governments,

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