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Are you missing out on family time, educational opportunities, smooth business operations, and enjoyable activities due to unreliable electricity or broadband? Ensure a complete and secure life with dependable, affordable electricity through our Who We Are page. Explore our Home Internet page for lightning-fast fiber internet and phone services. Every connection matters to us! We cater to homes, farms, churches, schools, and businesses, striving to enhance lives. Your interest in our cooperative’s efforts to enrich lives is deeply appreciated. Stay updated through our Newsroom.

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Team SEMO

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  • Fiber News

    Shoot Birds, Not Fiber

    It’s a sport that many are involved in, but the last thing a dove hunter would think about when pulling their trigger is the amount of cash they may have to pull out of their pocket if shooting the wrong thing. The fee for damaging a fiber wire can cost a hunter up to $10,000. […]
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    SmartHub App Connects You

    The Coronavirus pandemic has kept us from interacting in our communities, making it difficult to accomplish many of the tasks on our to-do lists. Learn how SmartHub can help with those tasks, allowing you to get back to what’s most important.
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    Corie Pike – #TeamSEMOTuesday Spotlight

    This #TeamSEMOTuesday Facebook hashtag we are highlighting Part Time Subscriber Care & Support representative, Corie Pike! This is Corie’s second summer with Team SEMO. Corie works on marketing strategies, social media posts, and selling (door-to-door, in-person, and over the phone), and helps run open houses to answer questions and enroll subscribers. Her favorite part about […]
  • Fiber News

    National Doughnut Day in Advance

    Happy National Doughnut Day!! The GoSEMO Fiber and SEMO Electric Cooperative team was at Slink’s Quick Shop in Advance handing out free doughnuts for National Doughnut Day. The special day, celebrated in the United States, is on the first Friday of June of each year, succeeding the Doughnut event created by The Salvation Army in […]
  • Fiber News

    Loyd Rice – #TeamSEMOTuesday Spotlight

    This #TeamSEMOTuesday spotlight goes out to the one and only Loyd Rice. Loyd has been a member of Team SEMO for 17 years in total. As Manager of Fiber Services, Loyd manages to drop crews, installs, nonmember requests, and all the fun stuff that happens with GoSEMO Fiber. Loyd’s favorite part about SEMO Electric Cooperative […]
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    Don’t Shoot Fiber! Shoot the Birds, Not the Wires! People Like Their GoSEMO Fiber Connection.

    Don’t Shoot Fiber! Shoot the Birds, Not the Wires! People Like Their GoSEMO Fiber Connection.
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    Mobile Food Bank – May 15

    We are hosting a Mobile Drive-Thru Food Bank for 400 families at 10. a.m., Friday, May 15 in the parking lot at Three Rivers College at Sikeston (1/2 mile south of Walmart). The event is 100% supported by Team SEMO – the employees and directors of SEMO Electric Cooperative and GoSEMO Fiber Facebook Page. In […]
  • Fiber News

    4,000 Subscribers Connected!

    Team SEMO surprised SEMO Electric Cooperative member-owners Barbara and Brian with a confetti shower and a 60-inch television for being GoSEMO Fiber’s subscriber number 4,000. Since GoSEMO started fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) installations in April of 2018, the fiber project has grown quickly due to the demand for high-speed, fiber-fast Internet, TV, and phone services. Members of […]
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    Business Break: Making Lives Better

    GoSEMO Fiber is making people’s lives better.
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    COVID-19 Update

    To ensure continuity of operations of essential functions, CDC advises that critical infrastructure workers may be permitted to continue work following potential exposure to COVID-19, provided they remain asymptomatic and additional precautions are implemented to protect them and the community. Team SEMO is using social distancing, wearing masks and frequently cleaning commonly touched surfaces. We […]