Liberty University is set to bring WiMAX to its hometown, Lynchburg, VA. By partnering with the Virginia School of the Arts, also a native of Lynchburg, Liberty University has created the Lynchburg Educational Broadband Joint Venture. This organization will enable major communications companies to bid on leasing license channels in order to provide WiMAX to users.
Currently, Liberty University and the Virginia School of the Arts (VSA) own broadband channel licenses separately. For the past two year, Liberty has appealed to the FCC for permission to operate on a frequency that would make their partnership with the VSA possible. Now, with the go-ahead from FCC officials, Liberty has embarked upon a venture that will greatly impact the Central Virginia region and its educational institutions.
Appomattox, VA was the first town in the state to operate on WiMAX today since it received DigitalBridge Communications’ BridgeMAXX service in January 2008. Clearwire offers its WiMAX services in Richmond, and recently bought 2.5 GHz licenses for Lynchburg, VA and Parkersburg, W. VA. Sprint has been offering XOHM WiMAX services in northern Virginia since October 2008.
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