Supporting Broadband
Bringing Broadband to Rural Virginia
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Mark Ponton, Director of Broadband and Fiber Services at REC, joins The Broadband Bunch to talk about REC’s efforts to expand broadband services and bridge the digital divide in rural communities. His commitment to equitable connectivity drives REC’s mission to empower individuals and build community development through broadband access.

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Trees are a leading cause of power outages, with 70% of REC’s outages caused by trees located outside of a right-of-way. To address this ongoing chall...
Bamboo threatens REC’s infrastructure. When left unchecked, bamboo can grow quickly into overhead power lines, posing a serious risk for power outages...
Viviana Garcia joins REC as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Clean Energy Innovator Fellowship program. The program provides recent graduates a...