en.Wedoany.com Reported - Conexon Connect announced that its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network project, built in partnership with Glades Electric Cooperative, is nearing completion. This milestone marks the internet service provider's (ISP) 14th network project nationwide to be completed within five years.
The 1,600-mile Connect fiber network, supported operationally by Glades Electric Cooperative, now covers Glades, Hendry, Highlands, and Okeechobee counties, encompassing the vast majority of the service area of the Moore Haven, Florida-based cooperative, with final construction underway in the remaining areas. With this progress, Conexon Connect has connected over 40,000 homes and businesses in rural areas of the state.
Randy Klindt, founding partner of Conexon and CEO of Conexon Connect, stated that the completion of this third fiber network in Florida demonstrates the power of local partnerships and highlights Conexon Connect's growing influence. The network offers symmetrical multi-gigabit internet speeds and high-definition quality telephone service, and its technology also supports smart grid capabilities, strengthening the partner cooperative's power infrastructure, enhancing system resilience and storm resistance, while improving service reliability.
Michael Roberge, CEO of Glades Electric Cooperative, said that beyond bridging the digital divide for cooperative members, they are pleased to update and expand communications with substations, the corporate headquarters, grid-connected equipment, and more through the project and their long-term partnership with Conexon Connect.
Conexon Connect expands its reach by partnering with electric cooperatives and community entities nationwide, currently operating over 20 FTTH projects across seven states, which will collectively cover nearly 500,000 rural homes and businesses upon completion.
Conexon Connect is a fiber-to-the-home internet service provider founded and operated by Conexon, primarily partnering with electric cooperatives and communities to deliver pure fiber broadband services to rural homes and businesses using existing infrastructure. It is active in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Missouri.
Conexon is a broadband network design, construction, and operations company that partners with electric cooperatives, communities, and other entities to deploy fiber-to-the-home in rural America. Since its inception, the company has partnered with electric cooperatives in 80 markets to launch and deploy FTTH networks within their service areas, with nearly 50 projects now achieving 100% member coverage. Its ISP, Connect, currently offers multi-gigabit speed internet in many markets. Through the work of Conexon and its partners, over 4 million rural Americans now have access to fiber-to-the-home, and the company has designed over 200,000 miles of fiber. With over $2 billion in federal, state, and local grants and subsidies for FTTH projects, Conexon and its partners have collectively secured more federal broadband funding for fiber construction than any other organization in the country.
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