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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

    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 […]
  • Fiber News

    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 […]
  • Fiber News

    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. […]
  • Fiber News

    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 […]
  • Fiber News

    SEMO Electric Visits OzarksGo

    A few members from Team SEMO made a visit to the Ozarks Electric Cooperative website, which offers fiber services through OzarksGo, LLC website, in Fayetteville, Ark., to learn best practices for scheduling and installing fiber inside a home or business for internet, HDTV, and phone services. As we continue our phase one construction in Miner, […]
  • Fiber News

    Rural Internet Topic of FCC Chair’s Visit

    Source: West Plains Daily Quill webiste Wednesday morning, patrons of Missouri’s Eighth Congressional District filed into the West Plains Civic Center theater, many from outside of Howell County, to listen to a discussion on rural broadband internet access with Federal Communications Commission Chair Ajit Pai. The gathering, promoted by Eighth District Rep. Jason Smith as […]
  • Fiber News

    GoSEMO Selects Sho-Me Technologies for Interconnection to the World

    SEMO Electric Cooperative has selected the Sho-Me Technologies website, LLC to provide its fiber interconnection to major “Telco Hotels” in Missouri cities like St. Louis, Kansas City, and Springfield. These interconnections create a pathway to anywhere in the world for connectivity. The agreement with Sho-Me is another step in SEMO Electric’s journey to provide triple-play […]
  • Fiber News

    Pad Poured, Five Miles of Strand Pulled in Miner

    For our member-owners in the Miner area, progress continues on our first phase to provide fiber internet within the next four months. More than five miles of 23 total miles of strand have been pulled. Once we pull the strand, crews will come back and attach the fiber. Plus, the concrete pad for Miner’s fiber […]
  • Fiber News

    KFVS (CBS): Fiber Project to Bring High-Speed Internet to Parts of Southeast MO

    KFVS – Around 11,000 SEMO Electric Co-op customers will get high-speed internet. The company began a five-phase project and said they’ll offer the fastest internet in the area. SEMO Electric said this comes 80 years after the company first ran electricity to these same communities. “Well, I think our board of directors looked at it […]