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DECEMBER 2020
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WATTS WATTS INSIDE >> page 2
CHEC awarding $2,000 in scholarships >> page 3
Operation Round Up’s annual impact on our communities >> page 4
Scholarship application
bit.ly/CHEConFB (case-sensitive)
CHEC introduces Cookson Hills Connect high-speed broadband project For many years, the mission of power for both downloading and Cookson Hills Electric Cooperative uploading. Symmetrical speed opens has been to make lives and the door to telemedicine, eases your communities better by providing our ability to efficiently work from home, members with high-quality, affordable allows your kids to learn from home services. CHEC’s board of trustees via distance learning and enables a and staff are excited to tell you that breadth of new tools and applications. we are re-committing to “We truly believe that mission with plans this fiber network has A project to build a world-class, the potential to usher in of this fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) a new era of economic, magnitude network to serve 100 educational and will take percent of our members. community growth for some time This service will be our area,” said General to complete Manager Juli Orme. offered through Cookson but rest Hills Connect, a newly “We are currently in the assured that initial planning stages and formed subsidiary of we will move determining our build-out Cookson Hills Electric. as quickly as schedule. A project of this As we’ve all learned over the past months, highmagnitude will take some possible ... speed internet is no longer time to complete but rest — Juli Orme a luxury, but a necessity — assured that we will move one that our communities as quickly as possible and have lacked until now. With fiber-toare committed to reaching 100 percent the-home, we will benefit from the of our members.” fastest and most robust internet in the We invite you to stay updated nation. [2559801] with our construction plans and other Cookson Hills Connect’s fiber important details as we proceed by network will provide symmetrical visiting www.cooksonhills.com/fibergigabit speeds — an important faq, where we will provide regularly distinction that means you will get updated project information. the same lightning-fast speeds and
