EMPOWER Broadband Breaks Ground on $154 Million Project
EMPOWER employees were joined by Sen. Frank Ruff and Del. Tommy Wright, along with other state, regional and local leaders, for a groundbreaking ceremony held last week. Pictured, from left, are John Lee, president & CEO of EMPOWER; Del. Wright; Dr. Tamarah Holmes, director, Office of Broadband DHCD; Butch Hamlett, Charlotte County Board of Supervisors; David Jones, EMPOWER Board of Directors chairman; John Zubrod, Brunswick County Board of Supervisors; Rick Short, Halifax County Board of Supervisors; Glen Barbour, Mecklenburg County Board of Supervisors; Sen. Ruff; Wade Boteler, National OnDemand and Joe Newton, Dominion Energy.(Photo by Jim Robertson, VMDAEC)

EMPOWER Broadband Breaks Ground on $154 Million Project

by | Nov 17, 2022 | Connections, Connections Archive

With several ceremonial shovels full of Southside Virginia soil on October 20, EMPOWER Broadband, Inc., commemorated a significant stride forward in leveling the playing field between rural and urban communities by launching a significant expansion of its fiber...
Fiber Broadband Association’s OpTIC Path™ Workforce Training Program Grows with New Support in Eastern U.S.
An S&N Communications crew works on the Firefly Fiber Broadband system in central Virginia. Photo by Jim Robertson.

Fiber Broadband Association’s OpTIC Path™ Workforce Training Program Grows with New Support in Eastern U.S.

by | Oct 21, 2022 | Connections, Connections Archive

S&N Communications and VMDAEC are the latest to offer fiber technician training course The Fiber Broadband Association recently announced that S&N Communications and the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric...
EMPOWER Broadband Moves Aggressively Forward
National OnDemand CEO Douglas Boteler and EMPOWER President and CEO John C. Lee Jr., flanked by representatives of National OnDemand, EMPOWER Broadband, Magellan Broadband and Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative, are all smiles at the official construction contract signing.

EMPOWER Broadband Moves Aggressively Forward

by | Oct 21, 2022 | Connections

EMPOWER Broadband has taken a giant leap toward fulfilling its promise to bring world-class internet access to Virginians in rural Southside communities. EMPOWER, with assistance from Magellan Broadband, its owner-engineer, has secured the services of National...
Dinwiddie County and RURALBAND Launch Universal Broadband Project
At the ribbon-cutting are Matt Packett, Dominion Energy; Lane Chambers, RURALBAND; Todd Graham, the Cameron Foundation; Dr. Tamarah Holmes, DHCD Office of Broadband; Casey Logan, Prince George Electric Cooperative; Harrison Moody, Dinwiddie County Board of Supervisors; Dr. Mark Moore, Dinwiddie County Board of Supervisors; Bill Chavis, Dinwiddie County Board of Supervisors; Brenda Ebron-Bonner, Dinwiddie County Board of Supervisors; Dan Lee, Dinwiddie County Board of Supervisors.

Dinwiddie County and RURALBAND Launch Universal Broadband Project

by | Oct 21, 2022 | Connections

A ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the RURALBAND Education Center’s opening and the Universal Broadband Project launch was held on Sept. 6 at the Eastside Enhancement Center in Dinwiddie County. Officials from Dinwiddie County and Prince George Electric...