CO-OPS CONNECT

Co-ops Connect is Conexon's podcast hosted by SVP of Marketing, Sales and Account Management, Abby Carere, bringing you heartfelt stories from Rural Electric Cooperatives deploying high-speed fiber internet networks to their service territories. We sit down with co-op leaders who are tackling head-on the rewards and challenges of bridging the Digital Divide in rural America, one mile of fiber at a time.Conexon is proud to be at the forefront of the electric cooperative fiber broadband movement, partnering with co-ops across the country to transform communities with world-class fiber internet. Our values align with the cooperative principles of sharing resources and working together to improve services and lives of the members served by our co-ops.No matter where your cooperative is in its fiber broadband journey, there are valuable lessons to learn from the co-ops who have blazed the trail before you. Listen and learn more about how your electric co-op can build a brighter, more connected future for your community with fiber to the home.

Podcasting since 2021 • 23 episodes

CO-OPS CONNECT

Latest Episodes

Dedication to Delivery

Prompted by the need to update the cooperative's electric grid and enhance smart grid capabilities, Oklahoma's Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative realized high-speed communications was the way to go. Fortunately, Oklahoma is home to many othe...

September 26, 2023 • Episode 24 • 41:31

Navigating the Path to Broadband Success

Kosciusko Connect and its fiber subsidiary Kosciusko Rural Electric Membership Corporation (Kosciusko REMC), embark on its remarkable growth story since the co-op’s FTTH project conception in 2022. Tune in this week as Conexon's SVP of Sales, M...

August 16, 2023 • Episode 23 • 32:14

Empowering the Community With Connectivity

Oklahoma Electric Cooperative and its fiber subsidiary, OEC Fiber, have kept community at the forefront since the co-op’s FTTH project conception in 2017– and the results are paying off. OEC Fiber was recently recognized as the Best Fiber Inter...

June 22, 2023 • Episode 22 • 47:35

Trailblazing Florida’s Big Bend with Broadband

As the first electric cooperative in the state of Florida to deliver and deploy a FTTH network, rural north Florida’s Tri-County Electric Cooperative has overcome the learning curve and taken away some key lessons along the way. Listen in as Co...

May 16, 2023 • Episode 21 • 32:04

From Passion to Progress

Since 2020, Central Rural Electric Cooperative has been keeping both its members and employees at the forefront of its fiber-to-the-home project. Listen in as Conexon's SVP of Sales, Marketing, and Account Management, Abby Carere, speaks with C...

February 14, 2023 • Episode 19 • 15:49

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