by Staff Reports | Aug 22, 2022 | Connections
Choptank Electric Cooperative and its subsidiary, Choptank Fiber, were awarded more than $23 million from the Maryland fiscal 2022 Network Infrastructure & Neighborhood Connect programs to continue broadband construction on the Eastern Shore. The new grant awards,...
President and CEO Gary Wood fields questions at the 2022 Central Virginia Electric Cooperative annual meeting. (Photo By: Jim Robertson)
by Staff Reports | Jul 14, 2022 | Connections , Connections Archive
Central Virginia Electric Cooperative held its 85th annual meeting on June 22. Board Chair Kinckle Robinson called the meeting to order at Nelson County High School, while Bruce Maurhoff, CVEC’s chief operating officer, delivered the invocation. Robinson said CVEC’s...
Dr. Dale Cupp and his wife Cynthia (center) cut the blue ribbon to usher in RURALBAND internet service to his veterinary practice, surrounded by cooperative representatives, elected officials and other dignitaries. (Photo By: Steven Johnson)
by Staff Reports | Aug 6, 2022 | Connections
August 5 was a red-letter day for Prince George Electric Cooperative, its RURALBAND subsidiary and especially for Dr. Dale Cupp, a longtime co-op member, who welcomed broadband access to his rural veterinary practice. RURALBAND brought high-speed internet fiber...
by Staff Reports | Aug 6, 2022 | Connections
BARC Electric Cooperative held its annual meeting July 20 at Millboro Elementary School in Millboro, Va. Keith Swisher, president of the BARC board of directors, told all assembled that in March, BARC was named the No. 7 Most Innovative Company in North America by...
From left, the Empower crew of Chad Plemons, Anthony Caligiuri and Tyshawn Widgeon installs fiber to a new subscriber. (Photo By: Empower Broadband)
by Staff Reports | Mar 11, 2022 | Connections , Connections Archive , Connections Proof
Empower Broadband is aggressively moving toward the construction phase of its $154 million broadband project serving Halifax, Mecklenburg, southern Brunswick and southern Charlotte counties, and has taken the next step in the process by hiring a firm to assist in the...