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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…
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Council approves ITV-3 franchise
Continue Reading: Council approves ITV-3 franchisePEKIN, IL. -- Residents of East Peoria will soon have a new option when it comes to their cable television, Internet and telephone service. The City Council on Tuesday approved on first reading a franchise agreement with ITV-3 Inc., a locally owned, fiber optic cable company that will begin to compete with Comcast customers as…
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Family Video launches fiber-optic project in Pekin area
Continue Reading: Family Video launches fiber-optic project in Pekin areaPEKIN, IL. — Family Video Inc., the largest privately owned video chain in the country, is upping the competition for combined video, Internet, TV and telephone services with a fiber-optic project in the Pekin and Peoria markets. A Pekin store is among the first Family Videos to have an “ITV-3” kiosk that highlights the new…
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Competition on the horizon for Comcast in Morton
Continue Reading: Competition on the horizon for Comcast in MortonMORTON, IL -- Morton is near completing the legal work that would allow high-speed internet, cable and telephone service provider iTV-3 to install its fiber-optic network in various parts of Morton. Village board trustees heard of the possibility Monday night during a village board meeting at Freedom Hall when Morton Mayor Norm Durflinger said the…