The Smart Energy Program

The Smart Energy Program

The Rock Island/OPALCO Smart Energy Plan allows you to invest in two important upgrades at the same time. With this unique program, you can add both fiber optic internet (FTTP) and smart home technology to your home or business. Best of all, you can finance the cost...

Rock Island’s Fiber Broadband Initiative

Find out how Rock Island can bring truly high-speed broadband to your home or business and enable you to harness the speed of light. This section of the site will help you understand: The current state of high-speed Internet in San Juan County Why you need fiber-optic...

Fiber Basics – Fiber Optics 101

What is Fiber Optic Cable? The “fiber” part of fiber optics refers to tiny strains of glass fibers that are bundled together in cables. These fibers are made out of carefully spun glass tubes that are used to transmit light pulses. At one end of the cable, a small...

First Month Free

We want you to feel good about your new wireless Internet service, and to know that it’s the right fit before committing to our terms of service (available at www.rockisland.com/legal). LTE coverage varies by location, so we want to make it easy for you to try it out...

Our LTE Modem

Our LTE Wireless modem makes it all happen. Plug one of these devices into a standard power outlet and wait four minutes. Once the modem boots up, the Internet signal is live and can be accessed via one of the 3 ethernet ports or onboard wireless. There are also 2...