I canвЂ™t thank our engineers, fiber crews and Graves Directional Drilling for their exceptional work on this significant project,вЂќ said Director of Broadband Alex King. The GREAT Grant allowed us the funds to pull this together. The Pine Log area helps us to continue closing the gap in our fiber optic network and get our members the reliable high-speed internet service they need.

Signups can be done by calling (706) 379-3121 or emailing are pleased to offer fiber internet service to an area that has been unserved. Now is the time for residents in the Pine Log area to sign up for fiber internet service. 49 miles of main line fiber has been built, bringing this portion of the project to 97.66% complete. Sub-contracting company, Graves Directional Drilling, was awarded a contract to assist in the Pine Log project after request for proposals were received and reviewed.ДЄs of mid-month, 27 member-customers in the Pine Log area now have fast and reliable fiber internet service. 2021 and within a few months the build out started. BRMEMC immediately began the planning and designing phase of the project in Feb.

BRMEMC did apply for a large area in Cherokee County, North Carolina, but did not receive grant funding for that area.ДЄccording to the GREAT Grant agreement the project is to be completed within two years. Funds from the grant were to be used to expand BRMEMCвЂ™s fiber optic network in the Pine Log area of Clay County, North Carolina. BRMEMC officially signed the grant agreement on Jan.

Roy CooperвЂ™s $30 million initiative to expand internet access to rural areas. 2021, BRMEMC was awarded $1.3 million in funding through the Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) Grant program as part of Gov. 4 BRMEMC personnel, county officials and the first Pine Log fiber customers celebrated this momentous occasion by holding a ribbon cutting ceremony in the parking lot of Pine Log Baptist Church. Blue Ridge Mountain EMC (BRMEMC) recently activated fiber internet service to several member-customers in the Pine Log area of Clay County, North Carolina.

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