Regional provider United Communications says it will invest $85 million to reach 77,000 members of the Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE) electric cooperative in Murfreesboro, TN. United Communications is the broadband unit of MTE. The multi-year project will add 1,400 route miles…
Rural electric cooperatives, rural telcos and Comcast were the biggest winners in the latest broadband funding announcement from the state of Minnesota. An announcement from the state’s Office of Broadband Development states that the awards were made on June 30,…
Working together previously is what led Bay Country Communications, a cable/voice/ISP provider, and Choptank Electric Cooperative and its subsidiary Choptank Fiber LLC, to take things to the next level, said Tim McGaha, Vice President of Technical Services, Choptank Electric and…
DALLAS, June 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DZS (Nasdaq: DZSI), a global leader of access, optical and cloud-controlled software defined solutions, and its strategic partner Irby Utilities (Irby) today announced deployment milestones reached by two of their rural electric cooperative broadband customers. Connect2First, a subsidiary…
Conexon Connect has started constructing a network in rural East Carroll Parish, Louisiana. Although Conexon is best known for working with rural electric membership co-ops (REMCs) on broadband deployments, there is no REMC involved in the East Carroll Parish project….
State laws can make a big difference in whether it’s feasible for electric cooperatives to build broadband networks and offer broadband services. While some states restrict an electric cooperative’s ability to do that, others encourage it. Two executives from the…
While researching enterprise software can be a daunting task, the first step is rather simple. Ask yourself this: Do I want to work with a vendor or a technology partner? While some vendors say it is just semantics, Members of…
Minnesota broadband provider Arvig has completed an agreement to buy a fiber network from ALP Utilities. The network serves about 130 businesses in the city of Alexandria, MN. ALP Utilities is a community-owned municipal utility that provides residential and commercial…
In 2013, United Electric Cooperative of Savannah, Missouri began providing high-speed internet to unserved and underserved co-op members. United leveraged funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for this expansion to initially bring internet to over 5,000 homes and…
Mississippi-based Alcorn County Electric Power Association (ACE Power) is the first employer to adopt the Fiber Broadband Association’s Optical Telecom Installation Certification Path (OpTIC Path) training program, FBA announced this week. The program provides training that aims to develop the…
The state of Alabama has awarded $82.5 million to a corporation formed by eight rural electric cooperatives to fund a middle mile broadband network that will connect almost 3,000 miles of existing and new fiber infrastructure. The project is expected…
DALLAS, June 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DZS (NASDAQ: DZSI), a global leader in access networking infrastructure, service assurance and consumer experience software solutions, today announced the initial success of one of the largest rural broadband transformation projects currently underway in the…
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