Deploying broadband where terrain is rugged and population sparse is something to celebrate, so it’s no wonder electric cooperatives are marking connection milestones with subscribers and their hardworking staffs in fun and creative ways.
Coast Connect, based in Kiln, celebrates milestones on a regular basis. The broadband subsidiary of Coast Electric gifts Roku Ultra streaming devices via random drawings when new service areas open.
Subscriber No. 5,000 received a basket of co-op goodies and an Amazon Echo smart home device. At milestone 10,000, CoastConnect gave away a smart TV, a streaming service gift card and swag to one lucky subscriber. The co-op is closing in on 20,000 subscribers.
“Our team has been working tirelessly to bring fast, reliable phone and internet service to rural areas of South Mississippi, and we are excited to celebrate each milestone that brings us closer to our goal,” said Ron Barnes, co-op president and CEO of Coast Electric.
Coast Connect is not the only co-op in the state gifting goodies to subscribers when they hit fiber milestones. NT Spark, PearlComm Fiber, Singing River Connect, DE Fastlink, D.E. Lightspeed, M-Pulse Fiber, NE SPARC, FASTnet, East Mississippi Connect, Northcentral Connect, and TEPAconnect all mark the same milestones.
