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Conexon Success Stories
Each electric cooperative finds its own way.
From the smallest, serving economically distressed communities or areas with just one to two meters per mile, to the largest, serving affluent, high-density communities rich in consumers and business members – there is a story to be told and valuable lessons to learn from the co-ops who have blazed the trail before you.
Conexon partners with electric cooperatives and community organizations at all stages of their fiber broadband journey. From helping to secure funding, to designing and building networks, to providing technical support and more, Conexon fosters the success of its partners. Together, we are working to transform rural America with mile after mile of fiber broadband.
Your success is our success. These are our stories.
Pioneering OzarksGo Builds Fiber-to-the-Home Network for All Its Members
OzarksGo is blazing a trail that extends across Northwest Arkansas and Northeast Oklahoma.
‘Overwhelming Response’ to Fiber Broadband Services Continues to Grow Over Five Years in Business
Oklahoma Electric Cooperative and fiber subsidiary OEC Fiber bridge the digital divide for Oklahomans and exceed goals by gaining nearly 33,000 fiber subscribers
Co-Mo Connect: From Leap of Faith to Internet Trailblazer
Serving Central Missouri communities desperate for internet service – with broadband available in only 15% of the territory – the co-op applied for government funds in 2010 to build out a high-speed network. Despite the enthusiasm, letters and lobbying from co-op members, however, the funding didn’t happen.
United Electric Cooperative has 7,500 co-op members and, at 2.5 meters per mile, the lowest density of any co-op in the country deploying FTTH.
Its deployment of TV, internet and phone has been highly successful.
Cumberland Connect Reaches Major Milestones in FTTH Project
Tennessee cooperative’s fiber network build demonstrates super-charged growth and strategically scaled operations for broadband success
Co-op ‘Brings the Light’ to Rural Central Virginians as Fiber Subsidiary Hits 15,000 Members Connected
Central Virginia Electric Cooperative and Firefly Fiber Broadband lead the way with fiber-to-the-home project to every co-op member and beyond
Over 14,000 Connected and Counting.
Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative and Wave Rural Connect bring high-speed internet to underserved communities.
Installing community hotspots in unserved areas throughout cooperative territory to offer free public WiFi for residents.
One of the first electric power associations in Mississippi to move to fiber to the home, Tombigbee Fiber is planning a 3,000-mile build to offer service to 100% of its 45,026 members.
Coast Connect has been working relentlessly!
Coast Electric was one of 15 EPAs awarded CARES Act funding in 2020, seven of which partnered with Conexon to meet the aggressive deployment schedule to deliver broadband to unserved and underserved Mississippi communities.
Strong demand from out-of-territory residents – making up 10% of subscribers
Pioneering Bolt Fiber’s 2,169-mile FTTH project offers high-speed internet, TV and phone services for Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative’s 41,286 members and surrounding communities.
East Central Electric Continues the Trend to Build a Fiber-to-the-Home
Network to Serve 100% of Its Members Leveraging Conexon As Its Partner. When time is short, stakes are high and you’re about to launch an entirely new business, true partnership boils down to the basics.
Connecting rural Texas in under three years.
MidSouth’s accelerated fiber-to-the-home project helps close the digital divide, enabling rural areas to flourish as other co-ops take note.
Our Members Have Spoken – Bringing Fiber to the Home for Rural East Mississippi
The Facebook page captured it all: Rural east Mississippians are desperate for high-speed broadband internet services.
“SPARCs” are about to fly in Northeast Mississippi.
After reviewing the feasibility of constructing an FTTH network, the NEMEPA board voted in Fall of 2019 to move forward and selected Conxeon as its broadband partner, helping with design and managing labor.
North Arkansas Electric Cooperative – Opening a World of Opportunities
Of all the benefits North Arkansas Electric Cooperative’s (NAEC) broadband network will deliver, one rises to the top – opportunity.
The Path to Growth – Callaway Electric Cooperative’s FTTH Network
It didn’t take long to prove the need for broadband in Callaway Electric Cooperative’s rural Missouri territory – just about one day.
Re-Energizing Rural Missouri – SEMO Electric’s Fiber-to-the-Home Network
SEMO partners with Conexon to build a FTTH network to serve 100% of its members
Oklahoma’s Central Rural Electric Cooperative answers the need with fiber-to-the-home internet
Making a difference in the lives of its members is something Central Rural Electric Cooperative seeks to accomplish every day.
Kosciusko Rural Electric Membership Corporation is transforming residential and commercial economic development in northern Indiana with construction of Gigabit-capable FTTH network
Kurt Carver, President and CEO of Kosciusko Rural Electric Membership Corporation (KREMC), knows the power his cooperative’s fiber broadband project holds to transform the communities they serve.
In less than one year, Pearl River Valley Electric Power Association shifted from no plans for broadband to establishing fiber entity for Gigabit-capable FTTH network in south central Mississippi
Pearl River Valley Electric Power Association in south central Mississippi wasn’t even considering entering the fiber broadband market one year ago. Its membership had been polled without much interest, and a past feasibility study was not positive.
In distance, Columbia, South Carolina and the communities served by Tri-County Electric Cooperative are just a few miles apart. In internet quality, however, they are worlds apart.
In distance, Columbia, South Carolina and the communities served by Tri-County Electric Cooperative are just a few miles apart. In internet quality, however, they are worlds apart.
Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative is at work on a 4,100-mile fiber network to reach over 18,000 members in the 10 central Oklahoma counties it serves.
The Canadian Valley territory is named for its location bounded on the north by the Deep Fork of the North Canadian River and on the south by the South Canadian River.
Fast Break: South Central Connect brings FTTH to 10,000+ Arkansas residents
South Central Arkansas Electric Cooperative (SCAEC) may have set a record for fastest broadband plan approval – about 30 minutes.
When Mississippi law changed in 2019, allowing electric power associations to deliver broadband services, Monroe County Electric Power Association (EPA) quickly initiated a study to determine the feasibility of offering service.
The initial take rate projections, however, weren’t encouraging – under 30%. Knowing that need was great in their area, General Manager Barry Rowland and his team took the additional step of asking members directly about their interest.
Navigating the Challenges of Agriculture, Alligators, and Low Density in Florida’s Rural Heartland
Conexon Connect and Glades Electric Cooperative connect customers to world-class broadband network in the heart of Florida
Marketing from the Ground Up in Rural Mississippi
Collaborating with Conexon helps Natchez Trace EPA build social presence and local education, powers take rates.
Singing River Connect is making waves with super-fast fiber internet
The neatly 80,000 homes and businesses served by the electric co-op. Upon completion, the FTTH network will span 7,669 miles across nine counties in two states!
Rewriting the story of rural Oklahoma
Cookson Hills Electric Cooperative is rewriting the story in rural Oklahoma with a fiber-to-the-home broadband revolution that leadership hopes members will be talking about for decades to come
Forked Deer Electric Cooperative’s Recently Launched Fiber-to-the-Home Network Is Ushering In a New Era for Rural West Tennessee.
Communities are revitalized, households are connected, and perhaps most telling, “internet exiles” are coming home.
Marketing Partnership Helps Boost Take Rate and Smooth Construction Schedules
RURALBAND partners with Conexon for marketing services to improve brand awareness and member education, increasing take rates by 310% in some areas.
Four years of changing lives, building communities
Four years ago, the Pemiscot-Dunklin Electric Cooperative leadership team made a bold decision – improve the lives of the co-op’s members through access to high-speed internet.
Petit Jean Electric Cooperative’s fiber-to-the-home project poised to reach profitability in 2 years instead of 20 with RDOF funding
Petit Jean Electric Cooperative’s fiber-to-the-home project poised to reach profitability in 2 years instead of 20 with RDOF funding.
Delta Electric Power Association to bring world-class FTTH service to the rural Mississippi delta region.
In the Mississippi delta region that Delta Electric Power Association (EPA) serves, the challenges of constructing a fiber-to the-home (FTTH) network start with the environment: rural, hilly, and dotted with irrigation wells.
Cooperative Principles come to life with Washington EMC fiber build
Whether sending line workers across state lines to assist in storm restoration or offering aid to employees in times of need, cooperatives regard one another as family and never hesitate to answer the call for help.
Co-op Brings Reliable Broadband to Rural New York When It is Needed Most
Within just over 3 years, Otsego Electric Cooperative and fiber subsidiary OEConnect closes in on goal of 3,500 subscribers connected
Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative translates RDOF award into opportunity to bring broadband beyond Texarkana region with 5,000-mile fiber network across 4 states
In the four states that comprise Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative’s sprawling service territory, the geographic landscapes, economic considerations, and population demographics vary.
Co-op Aims to ‘Bring the World’ to Northeast Louisiana with Fiber Broadband
Northeast Louisiana Power Cooperative recognizes need to improve connectivity in its seven-parish territory and 11,000 members for agricultural advances and quality of rural life
“Fiber fixes everything.” Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services prepares to transform western Wisconsin with broadband buildout
In additional to the feasibility study and business planning, the co-op has engaged Conexon for network design, project management, and construction services.
Presque Isle Electric & Gas Co-op expands role as trusted community partner in northeast Michigan with construction of a 3,220-mile high-speed fiber broadband network
“I view access to high-speed internet as the last, best highway that we can build into our region that promotes economic growth and sustains the economies that we have.”
‘Lightbulb moments’ power Tri-County EMC’s decision to build 1,600-mile FTTH network
The initial response revealed 98% of members were interested either in signing up automatically or considering a switch because current service wasn’t doing enough, or priced too high.
Middle Georgia EMC partners with Conexon Connect to bring fiber to the home to rural residential farming communities across central Georgia.
Co-Mo Electric Cooperative’s leadership team took a leap of faith 10 years ago – and they’ve never looked back.
Mitchell EMC Fosters Community Growth in Rural Georgia with Fiber-to-the-Home Initiative
Project Aims to Unleash Economic Potential by Bridging the Broadband Gap in Southwest Georgia
Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative in southern Oregon a beacon for communities with introduction of broadband that ‘fits the co-op spirit’
The mountainous terrain along the Pacific Ocean wasn’t going to make it easy to build the 1,400 miles of fiber needed to bring broadband service to these coastal towns. But the electric co-op’s leadership knew it was time.
Conexon Connect partnership with Irwin EMC set to transform life in rural south Georgia with world-class fiber to the home
It was the beginning of a new day back in 1936 when Irwin EMC brought electricity to the small, rural south Georgia community the cooperative served. Members anxiously awaited that single drop cord with a small bulb on the end. Little did they know the impact that electricity would have on their lives.
Blazing New Trails with Broadband in Western Kentucky
Conexon Connect and Kenergy enable customers to access Kentucky’s first electric cooperative broadband network
“We connect more and more customers each week. It’s created a wave that just hasn’t stopped, " George Weaver.
The partnership between Conexon and Central Georgia EMC started as a wish list. After pursuing broadband paths with other providers for more than a year, the large electric co-op recognized its leaders were looking for “more of a true partnership” for fiber broadband.
Trailblazing Florida’s Big Bend with Broadband
Conexon Connect and Tri-County Electric Cooperative connect customers to Florida’s first electric cooperative-launched broadband network
Finding the ‘perfect partner’ for broadband: EMC wanted to go for it, but didn’t want to go it alone
Georgia’s Southern Rivers Energy teams up with Conexon Connect to be able to bring broadband to members without losing focus on their electric utility business.
Flint Energies paves the road to connectivity for its rural members
Georgia cooperative partners with Conexon Connect to bring fiber to the home to its unique rural footprint
Conexon Connect partners with Mountain View Electric Association to build largest fiber-to-the-home network in rural Colorado
The electric cooperative is teaming up with Conexon Connect to launch and deploy a nearly 5,800-mile fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network that will reach 100% of the co-op’s members in the portions of its eight counties served in Colorado.
Working the land, wirelessly: Satilla REMC brings world-class fiber broadband to farmers in rural Georgia
he Satilla Rural Electric Membership Corporation (Satilla REMC) serves 57,000 homes and businesses in nine counties in southeast Georgia, which represents the largest electric cooperative service territory east of the Mississippi.
Low density? No problem for Missouri’s Osage Valley Electric Cooperative
Conexon Connect model offers a viable path to broadband for every co-op.
