MoBroadbandNow briefing, Mo State Fair

MoBroadbandNow briefing, Mo State Fair

Ralls County Electric light up ceremony

Ralls County Electric light up ceremony

Ralls County Electric light up ceremony

Center for Workforce Innovation opening, St. Louis Community College

Cass County Broadband Virtual Ground Breaking Ceremony

Governor Nixon at Metro Community College, Penn Valley Campus, KC

Metro Community College, Penn Valley Campus, KC

Metro Community College, Penn Valley Campus, KC

Socket broadband groundbreaking in Millersburg

Socket broadband groundbreaking in Millersburg

Governor Nixon at the Broadband Summit, November 2011

MoBroadbandNow Director, Damon Porter, 2011 Broadband Summit

2011 Broadband Summit, Capital Plaza Hotel, Jefferson City

Craig Settles, broadband strategist and author at the 2011 Broadband Summit

Blair Levin, Aspen Institute, keynote speaker 2011 Broadband Summit

Keith Bryars, FBI, 2011 Broadband Summit, Jefferson City

A spool of Made in the USA fiber ready to be "blown" or jetted into the conduit. Almost 100,000 feet of fiber can be installed each week using this system.

Fiber is "blown" through underground conduit at 600 psi (pounds per square inch). Fast! A 1/2 mile of fiber can be installed in just a few minutes. (Warsaw, Missouri)

Before fiber can be "blown" into the conduit, a "pig" must travel through the line to make sure there are no obstructions or water.

72 individual strands of fiber are in contained in this line. The fiber was made in the USA, creating and keeping jobs in the country.

A two man team handles the fiber jetting process. This professional technician is monitoring the speed of fiber coming off the spool.

Almost a mile down the road, another team of professional technicians are ready to grab the incoming fiber and start the process again on further down the conduit.

Co Mo Electric Broadband Pilot Project in Tipton and Laurie. Final phase of fiber connections before customers begin receiving service. A very cold and raining day.

Co Mo Electric Pilot Project, December 2011

Big River Broadband wireless tower construction in Terre du Lac (St. Francois County) January 2012

Big River Broadband crew member atop 175ft wireless tower in Terre du Lac (St. Francois County)

Big River Broadband crew assembling wireless tower in Ste. Genevieve (Ste. Genevieve County) January 2012

Big River Broadband assembling tower in Ste. Genevieve (Ste. Genevieve County)

Big River Broadband renovated the old firehouse station in Farmington for its new company headquarters

In Princeton with Grand River Mutual Telephone, all Princeton customers have fiber-to-the-premise service

Red light on each fiber helps identify the correct line for troubleshooting services issues

Big River Broadband CEO Kevin Cantwell addresses crowd at grand opening of new HQ in Farmington with Governor Nixon (1)

Inside the Alcatel Lucent EBC on Wheels watching a demonstration of broadband technology (2)

Governor Nixon speaking the audience at Big River grand opening event. (3)

The Alacatel Lucent EBC on Wheels demonstration truck. A complete interactive mobile unit. (4)

United Electric, MoBroadband Partner

United Electric site visit in Savannah, Andrew County. Crew is "lashing" fiber on electric poles.

United Electric site visit in Savannah, Andrew County. Crew is "lashing" fiber on electric poles.

United Electric site visit in Savannah, Andrew County. Crew is "lashing" fiber on electric poles.