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7 Women Who Have Impacted the World of Technology
Continue Reading: 7 Women Who Have Impacted the World of TechnologyToday is International Women's Day, and this month is Women's History Month. Throughout our history, women have made incredibly significant contributions to the field of technology, and subsequent fields as well. But have their accomplishments often gone unrecognized or overlooked? Perhaps so. From pioneering computer programmers to groundbreaking CEOs, women have played a vital role…
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How Low-Income Families Face a Digital Divide, and What Can Be Done to Help
Continue Reading: How Low-Income Families Face a Digital Divide, and What Can Be Done to HelpThe digital divide in the US could soon grow wider as broadband subsidies dry up. More than 16 million U.S. households are enrolled in the federal government's Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which gives qualifying low-income families a $30 discount on broadband services. Analysts have predicted that funds for ACP program may be exhausted by 2024 without additional allocations. Digital…
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Spring 2023 Sun Outages
Continue Reading: Spring 2023 Sun OutagesIt is time once again for a technical phenomenon called "sun outages", also called "solar outage" and "sun spots". For a period of about 15 days, starting March 1st but not impacting us directly until approximately March 2nd, the sun will cause "solar interference" to all geostationary satellite signals we receive. As the sun's path across the sky gets lower each day,…
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i3 Broadband Announces the Purchase of Southeast Missouri’s Big River Broadband/Circle Fiber
Continue Reading: i3 Broadband Announces the Purchase of Southeast Missouri’s Big River Broadband/Circle FiberAcquisition boosts broadband provider's expansion of ultra high speed fiber optic service throughout Illinois and Missouri. PEORIA, IL. -- i3 Broadband, a leading Midwest fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) provider of 100% fiber-optic broadband service, announced today the acquisition of Big River Broadband, primarily a commercial communications company, and its wholly owned subsidiary Circle Fiber, a fiber-optic internet…
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Paul Cronin guests on The Marc Cox Morning Show
Continue Reading: Paul Cronin guests on The Marc Cox Morning ShowST. LOUIS, MO. -- On Monday, January 16th, 2023, i3 Broadband CEO Paul Cronin was a guest speaker on The Marc Cox Morning Show on KFTK. Cronin and guest host Mike Elam talked all things fiber and the continued growth of i3 Broadband in the greater St. Louis Metro region. Listen to their conversation below…
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i3 Broadband Named Best Gaming ISP in Illinois for 2023
Continue Reading: i3 Broadband Named Best Gaming ISP in Illinois for 2023Leading fiber-to-home provider makes prestigious list for first time; recognized for speed and quality of world class fiber-optic network ST. LOUIS, MO. – January 5, 2023 – i3 Broadband, a leading Midwest fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) provider of 100% fiber-optic broadband service, has been recognized by PCMag as one of the Best Gaming ISPs for 2023. PCMag…
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PC Mag names i3 Broadband 'one of the best' gaming ISPs in Illinois for 2023
Continue Reading: PC Mag names i3 Broadband 'one of the best' gaming ISPs in Illinois for 2023EAST PEORIA, IL. -- If you're a gamer, you need a rock-solid, lightning-fast broadband internet connection. We spent more than a year collecting test results to show you which ISPs are the best for upping your game. Broadband speed is important, which is why we've run our Fastest ISPs franchise for close to a decade—but for gamers,…
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New fiberoptic firm has fifth of Edwardsville connected
Continue Reading: New fiberoptic firm has fifth of Edwardsville connectedEDWARDSVILLE, IL. - Edwardsville residents seeking an alternative to AT&T, Spectrum or other cable television and Internet providers may want to consider i3 Broadband. A leading Midwest fiber-to-the-home provider of 100% fiber-optic, high speed broadband service, is expanding its network to residents and businesses of select communities in the Metro East. “We are thrilled to…
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Kathy's Mailbag: i3 Broadband Expansion in Champaign-Urbana
Continue Reading: Kathy's Mailbag: i3 Broadband Expansion in Champaign-UrbanaCHAMPAIGN, IL. -- “Is i3 Broadband still expanding in the Champaign-Urbana area? My neighbors across the street have had it for over a year and I'm still waiting. As I look at the C-U maps on their website, it doesn’t seem there’s been any significant change of status in any neighborhood.” Newsroom colleague Niko Dugan…
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i3 Broadband completes purchase of VoiceSpring, industry leading cloud based VoIP company
Continue Reading: i3 Broadband completes purchase of VoiceSpring, industry leading cloud based VoIP companyPEORIA, IL. -- i3 Broadband, a leading Midwest fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) provider of 100% fiber-optic broadband service, announced today an acquisition of assets and operational merger with VoiceSpring®, Inc. a top rated cloud-based VOIP provider serving commercial businesses headquartered in Illinois. I3 Broadband, based in Peoria, Illinois, is quickly expanding its footprint in the region with a newly…