The Team

Blacksburg Broadband LLC is a Blacksburg company with local investment opportunities. Want to be part of the Blacksburg Broadband investor team? Drop Dave Sobotta an email (dsobotta at wideopennetworks.us) to get a prospectus and more information about ownership opportunities.

Partners on the project include:

	WideOpen Networks is providing network design, construction management, and network operations for the project. WideOpen is also a Blacksburg company, and the firm has a long history of community broadband and fiber network development, with current projects in Virginia, New Hampshire, and Illinois. WideOpen's founder, Andrew Cohill, was the first Director of the Blacksburg Electronic Village.
	NRVUnwired is the premier local Internet provider in the New River Valley, with great prices and terrific customer service. NRVUnwired will be offering a variety of Internet packages on the fiber network.
	Biz Net Technologies is one of the oldest Internet and Web service providers in the world. As one of the pioneering local Blacksburg companies that helped get the Blacksburg Electronic Village started, Biz Net offers a broad range of business class email, Web hosting, and Internet services.
	Calix is our supplier of choice for network switches and customer premises equipment (CPE). Calix has been our favorite supplier for years, because they understand open access networks better than any other fiber switch supplier. Calix equipment will be powering our standard Gigabit fiber connections in Blacksburg.
	OFS, a Furukawa company, is supplying the high capacity, Gigabit fiber that will connect Blacksburg homes and businesses. We have been using OFS fiber cable for several years, and OFS products and technical support are second to none. OFS fiber cable will ensure that Blacksburg has a "future proof" fiber infrastructure that will last for decades.
	COS Systems is the world's premier network business engine and marketplace software developer, with more experience supporting open access networks than any other company in the world. COS service zones will be helping us drive down the cost of getting fiber to you quickly by helping us to identify which neighborhoods are ready for fiber.