Lynchburg Reporter

County of Appomattox issued the following announcement on July 21

Efforts to provide broadband internet service in Appomattox County took a leap forward when a regional partnership was announced earlier this spring.  Through the Regional Internet Service Expansion (RISE) Project, Appomattox County, Dominion Energy Virginia, Firefly Fiber BroadbandSM (a whole-owned subsidiary of Central Virginia Electric Cooperative), and Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) plan to deliver fiber-optic broadband service to unserved and underserved households and businesses, subject to regulatory approvals.

The agreement could extend access to more than 25,000 Virginians who currently lack access to reliable broadband services, including an estimated 1,310 homes and businesses here in Appomattox County.

This partnership marks a major milestone in ensuring residents have access to quality internet service. Dominion and REC are both installing fiber to improve system reliability and resiliency. Firefly will then lease the “middle-mile” fiber to provide broadband access.

How to Be Sure Your Home or Business is Included:

The project is intended to cover all possible locations in Albemarle, Appomattox, Buckingham, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Greene, Louisa, and Powhatan Counties that do not have access to broadband meeting the minimum qualifying service speeds established by the Commonwealth of Virginia.  These minimum qualifying service speeds are 25 mbps download and 3 mbps upload, either from a fixed wireless connection or from a wired connection. If you only have access to satellite or cell phone for internet service, you are considered unserved. If you have connections to a fixed wireless service or have DSL or other phone service and your speeds do not reliably meet the 25/3 threshold, you are considered unserved.

Your help is needed to define the final unserved area map.  Please visit www.fireflyva.com/rise from your home computer using your home internet connection and follow the link to complete a short survey providing your address and what internet service options you have. If you have fixed wireless or wired internet service, we will also ask that you run a speed test once you have completed the survey; satellite or cell phone services will not be required to run the speed test.

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