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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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  • GoSEMO Fiber Open House at the Advance Office

    We will be at the Advance office from 3 pm to 7 pm Thursday (August 9) answering questions, registering, and signing up subscribers to our Fiber-fast internet, HD TV, and crystal clear phones service. Bring your phone and/or laptop and experience the fiber-fast internet for yourself or play a game on the PlayStation. You can […]
  • Truly Fiber-Fast Internet

    Teresa Bailey – notjustamarinewife.com – shared her experience with our GoSEMO Fiber’s fiber-fast internet. Her family recently moved from St. Louis to southeast Missouri.
  • Making People’s Lives Better – Internet, HDTV, Phone Ready

    With the goal of making people’s lives better, SEMO Electric Cooperative launched GoSEMO Fiber to provide fiber internet, HDTV, and phone services to its members. Installations are taking place for members served by the Advance and Miner substations. “We have built a fiber network from the ground up to make people’s lives better,” says Team […]
  • Big Step for Project Complete at Anniston Substation

    Big day for SEMO Electric Cooperative’s GoSEMO Fiber project as antennas were installed at the Anniston Substation. Testing will now take place over the next few days. These are just two more steps in our journey to bring fiber-fast Internet and HDTV to you and southeast Missouri.
  • Cousin Carl Radio Show

    Team SEMO’s Loyd Rice, Becky Ivester, and intern Katie Christian had the privilege of discussing the GoSEMO Fiber project with local radio star Cousin Carl on 106.1 Pure Country. Through their visit with Cousin Carl, they educated listeners on the benefits of fiber optic internet for rural southeast Missouri and the phases of the GoSEMO […]
  • Meet Our Installers

    GoSEMO Fiber has teamed up with Highland Cabling to provide professional installation of our fiber-fast internet to your home. Our installers, Chris, Clint, Bart, and Brett, are the ones who will come to your home for flagging, planning, and the installation of your fiber-fast internet. The team has years of experience with installation and is […]
  • Advance Open House

    Join us at our GoSEMO Fiber Open House tomorrow at the old City Hall, 308 W Gabriel Street, Advance, Mo. We are improving people’s lives with fiber-fast Internet by SEMO Electric Cooperative Facebook Page.
  • Fiber Top Topic at Annual Meeting

    With over 600 people in attendance, fiber-to-the-home was the top topic as SEMO Electric Cooperative held its annual meeting on May 14 at the Miner Convention Center. Member consumers flooded the fiber breakout room to ask about timelines and service packages. “The members are really excited about fiber,” said Team SEMO’s Sean Vanslyke. “They want […]
  • Phase One Update

    Home installations are occurring in the Miner area. Splicing trailers are in Advance. Make ready crews are working in Bloomfield. Help zones reach their goals by continuing to share the project in your community. Tell your neighbors, family, and friends to visit the Home Internet to preregister or place an order in our Miner and […]
  • 100th Fiber-Fast Internet Home Install

    Congratulations to the Simmons family on being our 100th fiber-fast install today! Thank you for allowing us to serve your internet needs. Enjoy your fiber-fast internet!