Become a Member
By investing in a one-time membership fee with MBC, members join a not-for-profit, member-owned cooperative that is dedicated to providing its members with wholesale broadband telecommunications products, services and programs at the lowest possible cost.
Class A Membership
- Founding Members of MBC (Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, Longwood University, Town of South Hill, Future of the Piedmont Foundation, Blue Ridge Power Agency)
Class B Membership
- $500.00
- Telecommunications Service Providers (ILEC, CLEC, MLEC, Telephone Cooperatives, ISP, IXC, Cable Operators, Wireless, Cellular, including private and municipal providers)
- Class B Membership Application
Class C Membership
- $1,500.00
- Governmental / Public Sector Providers (users of 12 strand public use fiber and or managed services for economic development activities. Use would include marketing assistance from MBC on benefits of the network, assistance in marketing industrial parks, attending site visits, and assistance with preparing marketing literature and web development. Members could include State, County, City, Town, Federal, & Local Agencies, VDOT, Higher Education Institutions (public and private), Commonwealth Agencies, etc.)
- Class C Membership Application
Class D Membership
- $3,000.00
- Commercial and Industrial Users (case by case basis for users who need to use the MBC network for economic development/job creation activities. Services could include collocation, server farm hosting, data center and storage, network monitoring, or dark fiber)
- Class D Membership Application