8:01AM April 09, 2019
To help make people’s lives better with fiber-fast Internet, we were able to visit several electric cooperatives to seek best practices. Last week, SEMO Electric Cooperative payed it forward by hosting collaboration sessions for electric cooperative leaders from several states. It is a blessing to highlight southeast Missouri.
9:58AM April 03, 2019
Thanks to KFVS Ch 12 (CBS), we are able to share the story about making your life better with juice and fiber. Check out the video.
7:33PM March 27, 2019
A big thank you to Zion United Methodist Church for hosting our Thursday's at Tilsit. Our last Thursday at the church will be March 28, 2019! Stop by tomorrow from 10 am to 6 pm to sign up or ask questions. We will be in the Fellowship Hall, 3652 State Hwy Z, Gordonville, Mo. Don't get left behind!
3:39PM March 05, 2019
From 10 am to 6 pm Thursday, GoSEMO Fiber will be at Zion United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 3652 State Hwy Z, Gordonville, Mo. The church is 3.5 miles west on Hwy Z from the 25 junction at Gordonville. Come see us.
2:11PM February 25, 2019
SEMO Electric Cooperative's fiber build-out continues to move forward. There are four substations complete, meaning fiber-fast Internet services are available. No data caps, no throttling, no contracts. Call 877-430-5418 to enroll.
11:38AM February 07, 2019
During the Association of Missouri’s Electric Cooperatives 13th Annual State Legislative Conference in February at Jefferson City, our grassroots team met with legislators to express the importance of legislative support for rural electric cooperative values and infrastructure funding for fiber-fast Internet.
1:41PM January 23, 2019
GoSEMO Fiber is having Open Houses at 7 pm, Thursday, January 24 and at 9 am, Saturday, January 26 at Rick Aufdenberg Farm - 1725 State Highway F, Jackson, Mo. We appreciate the Aufdenberg family for hosting the events. We will answer questions about when to expect fiber in your home.
2:11PM January 12, 2019
What is Co-op 101? SEMO Electric member-owners get an opportunity to hold a strand of fiber, touch a fuse barrel or see our inventory barcoding system. We discuss the cooperative business model; provide insights about SEMO Electric and GoSEMO Fiber; and provide a tour of the facility. Plus, you can experience our Fast-Fiber Internet. Join us at our office in Sikeston (1/2 mile south of Walmart).
7:21PM January 08, 2019
Congratulations to Brooke in Bloomfield, Missouri, for being SEMO Electric Cooperative’s 1,000th fiber-fast Internet subscriber. Who will be the 2,000th? We appreciate your support as we work to make people’s lives better. No throttling. No data caps. No limits. No contracts. Call us at 877-430-5418.
2:10PM January 07, 2019
If you are a member-consumer of SEMO Electric Cooperative, fiber-fast Internet is headed your way. We are currently on substation number four of 16. Here is the process:
4:27PM December 15, 2018
GoSEMO FIber will soon connect its 1,000th subscriber. Who will it be? Don't get left behind. $50 for up to 100 Mbps with no contracts, unlimited data and no data caps. Call us at 877-430-5418 or click on shop services.
11:41AM December 04, 2018
SCAM ALERT: If you receive a strange call offering technical support services for a fee, don’t give the caller your personal information. If you are unsure, hang up and dial our number directly at 877-430-5418. Thank you.
4:03PM November 27, 2018
An Elf. Popcorn. Jolly. Who knows what else? Get the Christmas spirit at GoSEMO Fiber’s Open House from 4 pm to 7 pm, Wednesday, November 28 in downtown Bloomfield.
3:00PM November 21, 2018
The fiber hut for the Tilsit Substation has arrived. FIber construction will soon begin.
5:14PM November 13, 2018
A GoSEMO Fiber Open House is set for 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday, November 19 at SEMO Electric Cooperative's office at Sikeston (1/2 mile south of Walmart). Come play, surf and test drive GoSEMO's HDTV.
5:27PM October 31, 2018
Congratulations to the community and SEMO Electric Cooperative's member-owners! We have surpassed 3,000 supporters for GoSEMO Fiber!
“We are making people’s lives better with electricity and fiber-fast Internet,” said Team SEMO’s Becky Ivester. “One year ago, we are just getting our plans in place. Now, we are serving hundreds with fiber-fast Internet and HDTV.” GoSEMO Fiber is available for installation to SEMO Electric’s members served from the Advance, Bloomfield and Miner substations. For SEMO Electric residential member-consumers, GoSEMO Fiber’s Internet service plans are simple: $50 a month for up to 100 Mpbs or $80 a month for up to one gig. No contracts. Unlimited data. “Don’t get left behind,” Ivester said. “Stop by our offices or visit GoSEMOFiber.com for a complete list of service plans for Internet, HDTV and phone. Our subscribers really love the service.” SEMO Electric has free 24/7 Wi-Fi hotspots available outside the temporary offices in Advance and Bloomfield and outside the cooperative’s regular offices in Bloomfield and Sikeston.
6:10PM October 25, 2018
Thank you to the community for the turnout at GoSEMO Fiber's Bloomfield Open House. SEMO Electric Cooperative's fiber project is a community project - we are making people's lives better!
6:36PM October 22, 2018
Grand Opening Day for our Bloomfield Substation area is October 23, 2018 from 5:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. Visit us at the Buck Building, 202 Prairie Street (north of old courthouse) in Bloomfield, Mo., to learn more about fiber-fast internet, view our television programming and learn more about crystal-clear phone service.
10:11PM October 17, 2018
SEMO Electric Cooperative's GoSEMO Fiber office opens in Bloomfield. The office will regularly be open on Tuesdays, but for the next several weeks the office in downtown Bloomfield will be open Tuesday-Thursday. Plus, there is now free 24/7 community Wi-Fi in downtown Bloomfield. Give it a try!
10:54AM October 11, 2018
Sun Outage occurs twice a year, around October and March. You may notice the effects of the solar outage — blocks or momentary freezing on your TV. You might even lose certain channels for a little while and experience some degree of tiling, pixelation, poor audio, or other reception issues. Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do to prevent the mighty sun from interfering with your live TV viewing. The outages should last no longer than 20 minutes per day. Your internet and/or phone service will not be affected. If you only experience interruptions in your television service during this month and the issues subside after a brief time, there is nothing you need to do. The time of the outage varies by which satellite a channel is using, but they are generally in the afternoon. If you notice a channel is out longer than about 20 minutes, please contact technical support at 877-430-5418.
9:26AM October 10, 2018
Team SEMO’s Brad Milam shows Castor River Farms’ Johnny Hunter II (left) and John Neeley (right) several strands of fiber inside SEMO Electric Cooperative’s 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.”
5:35PM October 05, 2018
Shh... the date is still a secret.
6:05PM September 17, 2018
The GoSEMO Fiber train is quickly rolling along as we make people's lives better with fiber-fast internet. 500 subscribers in less than one year.
6:12PM September 04, 2018
We experienced a disruption to television services over the holiday weekend. The issue stems from a failing piece of equipment (a core router) that is slated for replacement by our TV provider.
Sometimes we find ourselves in situations where we are forced to choose between two bad options. In this instance, it was whether to interrupt service during prime viewing hours (and Cardinals’ games) or see if it would hold through the long weekend. We barely made it.
To enhance service, the replacement is scheduled for midnight tonight. GoSEMO TV subscribers will be without service on all channels during the migration. The process of migrating everything to the new router is slated to take from midnight to 6 am. While we don’t plan for it to, if it runs longer, we will continue until the new system is in place.
We know there is no good time for a service interruption, but this change will provide a more robust infrastructure and improve the reliability of TV service.
We appreciate your patience as we work to make our new services even better.
Thanks - Sean
6:05PM September 04, 2018
Our fiber team worked over the weekend to make repairs to damaged fiber from a shotgun blast east of Advance. The cost will likely be more than $10,000 when completed. Fiber service were interrupted for some of the GoSEMO Fiber subscribers in the Painton, Perkins and Oran area. Please do not shoot birds off of the fiber lines.