Our Goals
Stimulate demand for broadband, economic growth, and job creation by expanding the availability of affordable broadband Internet access for all people, businesses and community organizations
Promote the use of broadband to improve the quality and availability of health care, education and government services
Enable Intelligent Traffic System (ITS) to increase traffic management efficiency, thus reducing carbon emission impact
Support Supervisory Control and data acquisition (SCADA) migration from radio-based transport to Ethernet
Provide bandwidth to next generation applications such as Software As A Service (SAAS), public safety cameras, E-Health records, disaster recovery, automatic utility meter readings and distance learning
Provide public safety agency radio interoperability facilitated by new tower construction
Develop C3BU into a hub access point for the region
How C3BU Came To Be
In 2010, Columbia County received a Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) Grant. The BTOP grant was used to build a county-wide network of fiber-optic lines that connects all of our community anchor institutions (CAI) such as schools, government buildings, and public safety sites. Over 100 CAI are connected using this fiber.