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KEt partners with Virginia Broadband
Partnership will bring broadband to underserved areas of service territory
For member-owners whose only access to the Internet was through a dial-up modem connection, there is good news. Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) and Virginia Broadband, LLC (VABB) have signed a partnership that will bring broadband to underserved areas of REC’s 16-county service territory beginning later this year.
“This is a wonderful opportunity for REC to be able to partner with Virginia Broadband to bring broadband to many of our members who have not been able to obtain high-speed access from any other source,” said Bruce Barnett, vice-president of corporate services for REC. “Broadband will be a faster and more dependable way for users to access the Internet, something that our members have been asking for.”
“Virginia Broadband has found a real partner with REC,” said Warren Manuel, president and CEO of VABB. “The service territory of the Cooperative matches the vision of VABB which is to provide broadband Internet and telephone services to rural areas. Synergy is a term often used but rarely achieved, but
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