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On Wednesday, August 2, 2017, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, spoke on the Senate floor to recognize August as “Rural Broadband Month” and highlight the importance of expanding high-speed internet to rural Missouri.…

Team SEMO’s Sean Vanslyke was invited to participate in Missouri Farm Bureau’s Rural Broadband Working Group meeting in Jefferson City, Mo. Governor Eric Greitens and Director of Agriculture Chris Chinn both spoke at the event and encouraged the group to…

As we gear up for Phase 1 fiber construction, the first step is to prepare the electric system for the fiber deployment. This effort is commonly referred to as “make-ready” work. It entails replacing poles that may be too short,…

In the baseball world, a triple play (denoted as TP in baseball statistics) is the rare act of making three outs during the same continuous play. Triple plays happen infrequently – there have been 711 triple plays in Major League…

This week we held an all-employee (Team SEMO) meeting to provide GoSEMO updates. We discussed customer care, construction, technology infrastructure, finance, billing, and the development of partnerships. Since the board approved the first phase on March 22, we have spent…

SEMO Electric Cooperative has contracted the Conexon website to design and manage the construction of a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network for the smart grid and the delivery of broadband to SEMO Electric’s members and other subscribers. Therefore, a Request for Proposal…

We made a visit to Co-Mo Electric Cooperative’s Co-Mo Connect website facilities in Tipton, Mo., to learn best practices for providing internet, HD TV, and phone services. Co-Mo Electric was one of the first electric cooperatives in the nation to…

Confucius Wikipedia said, “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” We are taking the necessary little steps to bring broadband to southeast Missouri. SEMO Electric Cooperative’s team continues work on fiber design…

Fiber-to-the-home means that a fiber optic cable, which carries internet, TV, and telephone services, runs directly into your home. How is this different from what you may have now? It’s pretty simple. Most likely, your current provider uses fiber optic…

We can’t wait to bring fast, reliable Internet and other premium services to southeast Missouri. We also know that you probably have a lot of questions about GoSEMO Fiber. Please see these FAQs in Google Docs, which can hopefully give…