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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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  • Fiber News

    NOC in The Hut Gets Power, Fiber and Equipment

    There are many, many steps in the process to bring Gigabit Fiber Internet service to SEMO Electric Cooperative’s website member-owners. Like a kid on Christmas, we get excited about the little things. For example, fiber optic cable, electrical wiring, and equipment racks were installed at SEMO Electric’s network operations center (NOC) inside The Hut today […]
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    Office Update Will Provide Space For GoSEMO Fiber

    As part of SEMO Electric’s GoSEMO Fiber project, we are making changes to the member services area in our Sikeston office. On the eve of Thanksgiving, we made some final decisions to provide adequate office space to conduct electric and fiber transactions with members and subscribers. Plus, we will have a demonstration zone for you […]
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    Team SEMO Energizes Dogwood Fiber Hut

    Team SEMO has been working on the fiber ring, which will connect SEMO Electric’s substations into a fiber backbone. Think of our substation ring as a redundant, ring-shaped backbone network, through which we can route broadband traffic in either direction if there is an outage on the line. The substations are then our jumping-off points […]
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    GoSEMO Fiber Registered Supporters Surpass 1,000

    Today, we surpassed 1,000 registered supporters. We reached this milestone with virtually no paid advertising. Just word-of-mouth. Thank you for your support as we work through the process of design, make-ready, construction, and service drops to bring broadband to rural southeast Missouri.
  • Fiber News

    “Fiber Ring” for GoSEMO Fiber project gains steam

    Team SEMO and SEMO Electric Cooperative’s website fiber contractors Conexon website and Ervin Cable Construction (ECC) website continue to work on Phase One design, make-ready, and construction in the Miner area. Team SEMO has been working on the fiber ring, which will connect SEMO Electric’s substations into a fiber backbone. Think of our substation ring […]
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    Racks arrive for Network Operations Center

    Another step in the process to bring broadband to southeast Missouri… Racks to hold electronic equipment to operate SEMO Electric Cooperative’s network operations center (NOC) – The NOC inside The Hut – for electricity and fiber are starting to arrive. Engineers will begin full assembly soon. We put The Hut’s backup generator in service this […]
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    Team SEMO meets with Scott County Commission

    Members of Team SEMO shared SEMO Electric Cooperative’s broadband plans with the Scott County Commission website in Benton, Mo. SEMO Electric’s phase one construction is underway near Miner, MO, which is in Scott and Mississippi counties. The County Commission is responsible for the administration of the county’s government which includes: setting the annual budget and […]
  • Fiber News

    Thanks Tammy! 700 Supporters Register for GoSEMO Fiber

    Tammy R. was our 700th supporter to register her interest in GoSEMO Fiber. Momentum is growing for broadband in rural southeast Missouri. Your patience is appreciated as this is a big project with many steps. Please see previous updates. While it may be a few months or 60 months before GoSEMO Fiber reaches your home […]
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    100,000 Feet Installed in Phase One Construction

    We have installed nearly 100,000 feet of strand, to which the fiber will be attached, to power poles in and around Miner, Mo. We have poured concrete pads for fiber buildings at two substations. On Monday, the backup generator for the network operations center – The Hut – will be put in service at Sikeston. […]
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    United Fiber Visits GoSEMO, Shares Broadband Success Story

    During a six-hour productive board meeting on Monday, we made some key strategic decisions for our Home internet project. We will soon announce construction phases and pricing details. Plus, on United Fiber’s Facebook Page David shared Missouri’s United Electric Cooperative, Inc.’s Facebook Page fiber success story. We are learning from our co-op peers as we […]