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Beginning this fall and into next year, a small but powerful change will take place inside 355 homes in six Housing Authority of Champaign County properties throughout Urbana and Champaign. Residents won’t really be able to see this change. But once it comes, it can help transform families in so many ways, unlocking new educational opportunities, breaking down healthcare barriers, and unleashing new employment prospects.

(Champaign, Illinois) --// Visitors, shoppers and business owners now have access to free wireless Internet access throughout much of the central business district of Urbana and in Blair Park. Volo Broadband is providing the service, with the approval of the Urbana Park District and the City of Urbana.

“Today’s smart devices depend on robust connectivity like this. We’re proud to help make the downtown area and parks more modern spaces for living, working, and playing,” said Peter Folk, CEO of Volo Broadband, the locally-owned company that is providing the new service.

Volo Broadband will host a "ribbon cutting" ceremony and public demonstration of its Digital Water fiber broadband services, 3-6pm 7/27/2013 at the Thomasboro Fire Station (101 N Church St., Thomasboro, IL). The event is an opportunity for residents of Central Illinois to try the next generation of fiber broadband and ask questions about the services, and how and when they might be available in their community. Refreshments will be provided. Starting at $29.95/mo and available now throughout Thomasboro, Digital Water Gigabit Fiber is the nation's first sub-$30/mo gigabit fiber service.