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UC2B and i3 Broadband’s Champaign-Urbana Fiber Network Growth Continues
Continue Reading: UC2B and i3 Broadband’s Champaign-Urbana Fiber Network Growth ContinuesCHAMPAIGN-URBANA, IL. -- From the beginning of i3 Broadband’s management of the UC2B (Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband) fiber optic network in 2017, i3 Broadband has grown the network extensively, and plans to continue that expansion in 2018. i3 Broadband extended the UC2B network to a record 2,750 new Champaign and Urbana homes in 2017, and plans…
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i3 Broadband’s Stance on Net Neutrality
Continue Reading: i3 Broadband’s Stance on Net NeutralityEAST PEORIA, IL. -- i3 Broadband chooses to earn our customer’s business and loyalty every day. As a high-capacity, local provider of internet access services, we do not throttle or prioritize our customer’s internet access or content in any way.
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i3 Broadband Celebrates Grand Opening of New Retail Location with Ribbon Cutting
Continue Reading: i3 Broadband Celebrates Grand Opening of New Retail Location with Ribbon CuttingPEORIA, IL. -- i3 Broadband is pleased to announce a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of their new retail location at The Shoppes at Grand Prairie. i3 Broadband, a neighborhood provider of fiber optic internet, has been expanding in Peoria and neighboring communities for years. i3 Broadband offers ultra-high speed internet, HD TV and…
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iTV3 laying the groundwork for Internet expansion in central Illinois
Continue Reading: iTV3 laying the groundwork for Internet expansion in central IllinoisEAST PEORIA, IL. — A company that still operates hundreds of video stores across the United States and Canada is also laying fiber optic cable in Peoria. Glenview-based Highland Ventures runs 775 Family Video stores as well as iTV3, a cable TV system based in East Peoria. “So far we’ve built up to 2,000 homes…
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Urbana neighborhood connects to UC2B
Continue Reading: Urbana neighborhood connects to UC2BURBANA, IL. — A neighborhood in south central Urbana will soon have access to one of the fastest gigabit networks in the country. Today, iTV-3 will hold a "groundbreaking" for an expansion of the Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband network into the neighborhood roughly bounded by Busey Avenue on the west, Florida Avenue on the south, Vine…
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FCC’s New Broadband Definition Brings Faster Speeds to iTV-3 Customers
Continue Reading: FCC’s New Broadband Definition Brings Faster Speeds to iTV-3 CustomersCHAMPAIGN-URBANA, IL. -- Prompted by a recent policy change at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to re-define broadband speed in the U.S. as 25 Mbps or higher, local broadband provider iTV-3 will also increase all bandwidth packages by 10 Mbps at no charge to customers. According to Levi Dinka, Vice President at iTV-3, the change will ensure…
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Fiber optic cable is on its way to Peoria
Continue Reading: Fiber optic cable is on its way to PeoriaPEORIA, IL. -- Cable TV has been a monopoly in Peoria since General Electric Cablevision launched service here in the 1970s. In 2015, that’s about to change. That’s when iTV3 will start laying fiber optic cable in Peoria, providing their bundle of services — telephone, cable TV and Internet connections — just as they have…
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Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband Not-for-Profit (UC2B NFP) Partners with iTV-3
Continue Reading: Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband Not-for-Profit (UC2B NFP) Partners with iTV-3CHAMPAIGN, IL. -- UC2B (Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband) has formed a partnership with iTV-3 to operate and extend fiber-optic broadband in Urbana and Champaign. iTV-3 will operate the existing UC2B network and will extend gigabit fiber-optic internet services to more areas of the community. C-U will be among the few elite communities in the U.S. with…
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Fiber optics will 'light up' East Peoria
Continue Reading: Fiber optics will 'light up' East PeoriaEAST PEORIA, IL. -- Workers from Perley Cable Construction in Metamora install the tubing in which fiber optics will be added later. Four crews from Perley Cable Construction were working along Illini Drive and surrounding streets last week. About 1,000 residents in East Peoria have signed up for the services offered by ITV-3. Source: Fiber…
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Provider Spotlight: iTV-3 Expanding Fiber to the Home Service in Central Illinois
Continue Reading: Provider Spotlight: iTV-3 Expanding Fiber to the Home Service in Central IllinoisPEORIA, IL. -- It’s no secret that the rising popularity in home video streaming has taken a piece of the home entertainment pie from video retail stores. But Family Video, a central Illinois based video rental chain, isn’t fighting the tides of technology – it’s embracing it. In 2009, Family Video purchased the Peoria-based telecom…