High Speed Internet

Governor announces high-speed internet project to benefit Winston County


Attending the December 4, announcement of a new partnership to extend broadband internet into more rural, underserved areas are from left, Tim Culpepper, CEO of Cullman Electric Co-op; Nicole Jones Wadsworth, economic developer; State Representative Tim Wadsworth; Kenneth Boswell, director of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs; Governor Kay Ivey; Winston County Commission Chairman Roger Hayes; State Representative Randall Shedd and State Senator Garlan Gudger.
CULLMAN - In an effort to connect all Alabamians to high-speed internet, Governor Kay Ivey joined forces with Cullman Electric Co-op and state legislators to announce a $7 million project for parts of Winston, Cullman, Lawrence and Morgan counties on Monday, Dec. 2.

Fiber optic internet is "sprouting" on east side


Officials at the announcement of the Sprout Fiber Internet project, from left, State Representatives Randall Shedd, Corey Harbison, Cullman Electric Co-op CEO Tim Culpepper, Board Members James Fields, Lynda Carter, State Representative Garlan Gudger, Chairman of the Board for Cullman Electric Co-op Robert Tidwell.
CULLMAN - Less than a month after Cullman Electric Cooperative announced a major internet project to build a fiber optic network among its substations, another major announcement was made Thursday, June 18, that 264 miles of lateral fiber lines would also be installed, connecting 12,000 homes and businesses to high speed internet.

High speed internet available to Arley library users


Representative Tim Wadsworth and Librarian Jennifer Stewart, stand beside the new box installed at the back of the Arley Public Library. The fiber optic line which feeds the new high speed internet will come through this box.
ARLEY - Streaming television or movies and gaming will be a realization in the near future for Arley Public Library users...

Faster internet coming to Smith Lake


Discussing the new project at the entrance to Sipsey Pines subdivision, from left, Suzie Barber, subdivision resident; Jay Weekley, co-founder of Cyber Broadband; Jay Fuller, co-founder/CEO of Cyber Broadband; Don Aaron, technician; Drew Whiteside, loan officer with Traders and Farmers Bank; Jeremy Bartlett, technician and State Senator Garlan Gudger.
ARLEY - A $535,000 project providing high speed internet service to 200 residents in the Sipsey Pines subdivision at Smith Lake is receiving a major boost from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.

Winston County included in USDA's rural broadband announcement Thursday

HAMILTON - U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Donald “DJ” LaVoy announced Thursday, Dec. 5, that USDA has invested $62.3 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure that will create or improve e-connectivity for more than 8,000 rural households, 57 farms...