Team SEMO’s Brad Milam shows Castor River Farms’ Facebook Page Johnny Hunter II (left) and John Neeley (right) several strands of fiber inside SEMO Electric Cooperative’s Facebook Page fiber network operations center. A strand of fiber is thin and feels much like a human hair or horse’s mane.
A broadband system, versus wireless or coaxial-cable systems, is being built to provide fiber-fast internet for homes, farms, and businesses.
Milam said fiber's speed is not connected to its size because fiber relies on light instead of electricity to transmit data, which facilitates much faster Internet connections that are capable of handling higher bandwidth.
“We are changing people’s lives because they are able to compete with the world – regardless of what business or hobby.”