Cedar Falls Municipal Communications Utility or CFU is a utility that offers broadband fiber optic internet services to the residents and business entities in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Being a communications utility co-operatively owned, the goal of the CFU is to provide equally as fast service as the fastest accessible across the nation at reasonable rates. On the fastest of 1Gig per second, the fiber optic connection from CFU allows for easy streaming of high-definition videos, download files, and vise video conferencing without interruption, using multiple devices on the network at once. The plans they offer for the internet are all unlimited meaning that customers do not have to worry about additional charges beyond their monthly usage. Founded in 1996, this company has gradually broadened the area of its fiber network throughout the decades that followed, providing modern, high-quality connections to as many households and organizations in Cedar Falls as possible. They provide both download and upload rates to be identical to guarantee a fast connection regardless of whether you receive or transmit information. As a local provider, CFU can provide responsive, 24/7 customer and technical support that national Internet providers cannot; therefore, as an organization, CFU aims to provide customers with additional value in terms of price and service. This is especially important for CFU because it is a community-owned non-profit organization that receives revenue to reinvest into improving the platform and making it affordable.