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Links

Here you will find links to websites that will tell you more about the project in its entirety.
For any other questions, please contact Clearwave Communications at 618.294.8000.
 

Clearwave Communications’ home page

http://www.clearwave.com

 

The official American Recovery and Reinvestment Act website

http://www.recovery.gov

 

The official website for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration

http://www.ntia.doc.gov

 

The official website for the USDA Rural Development Recovery Act Broadband Initiatives Program

http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/utp_bip.html

 

The ARRA Broadband portal

http://www.broadbandusa.gov

 

The ARRA Broadband-Illinois portal

http://www.broadband.illinois.gov

 

USDA's Rural Utilities Service Broadband Initiatives Program portal

http://www.broadbandusa.gov/BIPportal/index.htm

 

Broadband Technology Opportunities Program portal

http://www2.ntia.doc.gov

 

Connect Illinois' website

http://www.connectillinois.org

 

The official website of Illinois' Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

http://www.commerce.state.il.us/dceo

 

 

The official website of IBOP - East Central

http://www.illinois.net/IBOP/IBOP.htm

 

 

Information about IBOP - North

http://www.niu.edu/niunet/grants/ibop.shtml

 

 

Information about DeKalb Advancement of Technology Authority Broadband (DATA)

http://www2.ntia.doc.gov/grantees/DeKalbCounty

 

 

The official website of Urbana - Champaign Big Broadband

http://uc2b.net/

 

BroadbandUSA's map of all grant winners

http://www2.ntia.doc.gov/awards

 

Article on how fiber optics work

http://www.howstuffworks.com/fiber-optic-communications/fiber-optic.htm