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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

    Sun Outages

    Sun Outage occurs twice a year, around October and March. You may notice the effects of the solar outage — blocks or momentary freezing on your TV. You might even lose certain channels for a little while and experience some degree of tiling, pixelation, poor audio, or other reception issues. Unfortunately, there is nothing we […]
  • Fiber News

    We Are Changing People’s Lives Because They Are Able to Compete with The World – Regardless of What Business or Hobby.

    Team SEMO’s Brad Milam shows Castor River Farms’ Facebook Page Johnny Hunter II (left) and John Neeley (right) several strands of fiber inside SEMO Electric Cooperative’s Facebook Page fiber network operations center. A strand of fiber is thin and feels much like a human hair or horse’s mane. A broadband system, versus wireless or coaxial-cable […]
  • Fiber News

    Coming Soon: Bloomfield’s GoSEMO Fiber office

    Shh… the date is still a secret.
  • Fiber News

    #500 – Jump on the GoSEMO Fiber Train!

    The GoSEMO Fiber train is quickly rolling along as we make people’s lives better with fiber-fast internet. 500 subscribers in less than one year.
  • Fiber News

    Disruption to Television Services to Improve Reliability

    We experienced a disruption to television services over the holiday weekend. The issue stems from a failing piece of equipment (a core router) that is slated for replacement by our TV provider. Sometimes we find ourselves in situations where we are forced to choose between two bad options. In this instance, it was whether to […]
  • Fiber News

    Damaged Fiber from a Shotgun Blast

    Our fiber team worked over the weekend to make repairs to damaged fiber from a shotgun blast east of Advance. The cost will likely be more than $10,000 when completed. Fiber service was interrupted for some of the GoSEMO Fiber subscribers in the Painton, Perkins, and Oran areas. Please do not shoot birds off of […]
  • Fiber News

    GoSEMO Fiber Participates in the Advance Labor Day Parade

    We are proud to support the community of Advance. The parade was a fun event for Team SEMO and GoSEMO Fiber.
  • Fiber News

    GoSEMO Fiber Participates in the Benton Neighbor Day Parade

    We are proud to support the communities we serve. Making lives better!
  • Fiber News

    Showtime, PAC 12 Free Preview

    Hello GoSEMO Fiber subscribers. Make sure you tune in for the Showtime (channel 450) free preview between Friday, August 31, and Monday, September 3, 2018. Plus, catch 13 live football games via the free preview opportunity for PAC 12 (channel 319) from August 28 through September 17, 2018.
  • Fiber News

    Sikeston Open House

    Be our guest. SEMO Electric Cooperative’s Facebook page Fiber is making people’s lives better. We are working hard to bring fiber to all our members. Come learn from 4 pm to 7 pm on Monday, August 20 at Sikeston (1/2 mile south of Walmart). Share the news.