Colorado Education Broadband Coalition
The CEBC seeks to lower the cost of accessing affordable, abundant, and reliable broadband services through an innovative aggragation model designed to encourage vendor participation and increase competition.
Helping Colorado Access Affordable, Reliable, and Abundant Broadband.
Affordability
Urban Pricing in Rural Colorado
If you're a rural Colorado school district you are acutely aware of the sparse broadband market in the communities you serve. Due to a lack of options, competition is limited and can be priced as much as 10x higher than identical services for our urban counterparts. The CEBC was founded to improve pricing by aggregating demand and purchasing Internet access as though we were a single large consumer.
It's working
2017 round results in sub $1 Prices to 28 Districts
As far as 3 hours NW, E & NE of Denver, districts receive $.082 per mbs for a 1GB connection.
Steamboat Springs School District Internet bill reduces by $26,000+ per year. Other districts see similar savings.
Districts now able to purchase broadband based on need rather than budget.
Attractive in numbers
85 districts, 38+GBps of service
7 bidders responded to the 2017 RFP, most districts involved historically receive fewer than one bid because of their size. We became attractive! We want to grow and drive this cost as close to $0.00 per Mbps as possible. WE NEED YOU! The larger our consortium the more attractive we are to serve, and the more competitive providers become. The result is more broadband options for students seeking digital equity and more broadband competition for the communities where they live.
Local Control
One Master Contract
No Risk to you
East Central BOCES is the master contract holder. But individual districts get to sign off on the master contract before committing to buy. CEBC can ask for a bid to connect your facilities to the Internet, and after bid review you decide to continue with CEBC or to go your own way. NO RISK TO YOU... just an option to choose from.
Contact us
CEBC Contacts
Jarred Masterson - Director of Technology - East Central BOCES jarredm@ecboces.org 719-771-4018
Tim Miles - Tech Director - Steamboat and South Routt School Districts - tmiles@ssk12.org 970-871-3184
Denise Shorey - President - e-Luminosity - denise.shorey@e-luminosity.net 303-809-1403
Arlene Salyards - Director of Professional Learning -
Colorado Association of School Executives - asalyards@co-case.org 303-762-8762
Members
Who's already in?
The CEBC has awarded contracts in 2017, 2018, and 2020. These contacts provided expanded broadband options to more than 35 Colorado School Districts. The school districts shaded in green below are already eligible to purchase.