Illinois Broadband Opportunity Partnership

4-24-12 Rotarians plan celebration of 90th; Mitchell talks about Connect SI

Rotarians plan celebration of 90th; Mitchell talks about Connect SI Mona Sandefur, Benton Evening News Benton, Ill. — Benton Rotarians have less than two weeks to purchase their tickets for the 90th anniversary celebration taking place at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, at the Benton First Methodist Church. The event is being...

3-7-12 Southern Illinois group first in state to file petition for Next Generation 911

Southern Illinois group first in state to file petition for Next Generation 911 By Matt Courter, Olney Daily Mail Olney, Ill. — The county’s effort to implement Next Generation 911 service took another step forward earlier last month. The Counties of Southern Illinois (CSI) organization announced recently that a...

Welcome to the IBOP - Southern community website!

In August 2010, Clearwave Communications, as part of the Illinois Broadband Opportunity Partnership (IBOP), received one of only a handful of grants awarded by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA's) Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) to develop rural broadband. Headquartered in Harrisburg, Illinois, Clearwave has been providing southern Illinois with voice and data services since 1996.

With the help of these federal and state grants, as well as private funding, Clearwave will be building much needed middle-mile infrastructure to make broadband accessible in the rural areas of southern Illinois, as well as directly connecting colleges, K-12 schools, libraries, health care providers and public safety entities. By August 2013, the Illinois Broadband Opportunity Partnership-Southern will have laid more than 740 miles of fiber optic cable through 23 counties, and connected 232 community anchor institutions to the next generation network.

Here you will find the most up-to-date information regarding southern Illinois' grant-funded broadband Internet project. Be sure to sign up for our newsletter, and feel free to look around and learn more about what Clearwave Communications is doing for our southern Illinois communities.

For more information about Clearwave Communications, please visit www.clearwave.com.