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...