I3 Broadband aiming to connect 10,000 homes to fiber network in 2018

I3 Broadband, which acquired the fiber-optic network in Champaign-Urbana (IL) in 2017, said it expanded to 2,750 new homes in the last 12 months, and its goal for 2018 is to connect more than 10,000 homes. I3 has partitioned C-U into neighborhoods and expands its network to each one based on a variety of factors, such as whether it is adjacent to one that already has access and if 30 to 45 percent of households in one register their interest. Right now, i3 is in about 24 neighborhoods, including many in northern Champaign and Urbana, and just east of the University of Illinois campus.