Going the Extra Mile

Fiber cooperatives strive to set the gold standard in the broadband industry by serving their membership through providing high-speed, reliable Internet access in our rural areas.

Our focus is to have best in class customer service by answering our phones locally and responding quickly with our local team of technicians. We are here for the long game, not to increase subscriber count and then sell to the next company. Cooperatives have been serving their members for 80 years. Our goal is to be here doing what we do for at least another 80 years!

CVEC Fiber contractor Brandon Benham (below) manually lashes the fiber, while Chris Patrick works from the bucket, and Tanner Jones and Josh Ciaramita work on the ground as they hang mainline fiber across I-40.

Like many cooperatives, Canadian Valley knew we had to fulfill the need for high-speed Internet that had been forgotten in rural Oklahoma communities. To meet that need, CVEC Fiber was created to serve its membership and go the extra mile to ensure its under-served rural communities have faster Internet access than the majority of the big cities. The multi-gig network CVEC Fiber offers is some of the fastest Internet in the nation.

By going the extra mile, CVEC Fiber has been able to provide over 6,000 subscribers with reliable Internet so families can have movie nights without buffering, and businesses can provide timely transactions to their customers.

“We know our members are patiently waiting for us to get our fiber built to them. In the past two years, we have built half of the 4,000 miles of fiber needed to get access to 100-percent of the membership. It has been a huge undertaking, but very rewarding when members tell us how life changing it is once they get it,” Sheila Allgood, general manager of CVEC Fiber, says.

Dependable Internet is no longer a luxury; it’s a necessity for many individuals. CVEC Fiber, alongside other broadband cooperatives, is proud to play a part in improving the quality of life in our communities. Because who else is going to go the extra mile?