GET CONNECTED

While #OU focuses on student connectivity, local digital inclusion advocates are relaunching the East Bay Broadband Consortium (EBBC)—a parallel and complementary effort to ensure that the same connection that lifts students in school, lifts everyone else in their communities. EBBC will work with partners in Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano counties, powering homes, libraries, small businesses, and community hubs. To learn more visit eastbaybroadband.org.

Just 40 miles north of the heart of Silicon Valley, the City of Oakland has its sights set on implementing an ambitious Broadband Master Plan.

May 28, 2025 – The Oakland City Council voted unanimously last week to adopt a Broadband Master Plan that will connect up to 2,500 unserved and underserved households across the city through the construction of an open-access municipal broadband network.