Guest on TechKnowLedge Thursday, June 28 — Brandon Bowersox-Johnson
UC2B has a lot happening right now — What we plan to cover includes, but is not limited to:
- Background about UC2B - a community-owned fiber optic broadband provider
- Construction Update - what is happening building fiber around C-U
- Residents Signing Up - what is available now in eligible neighborhoods
- Open Access - what that means about publicly-owned fiber where multiple providers offer service
- Gigabit Possibilities - “The network is the computer” (John Gage) — how communities and inventors are using gigabit speeds for new ways of delivering health care, jobs, education, energy conversation and more
- TV and Phone - options for saving money on TV and Phone service over broadband
- What UC2B means for the IMC and WRFU
- Expanding to Rest of C-U - UC2B is planning for different ways of expanding to serve everyone; one specific opportunity is a public-private partnership competition
- What UC2B means for the rest of Champaign-Urbana
- Bits and Bytes - I am happy to answer any technical questions
- Questions - anything else you want to talk about
