If you attended this year’s annual meeting, you heard the big announcement: Heartland REMC — in partnership with TWN Communications — is bringing broadband internet to the rural areas we currently serve.

Over the past couple of years, one of the biggest conversations in our part of the state has been centered on providing high-speed internet to underserved rural areas. Heartland REMC has decided to answer the call to provide a reliable high-speed internet service. The REMC was created when there was a need for electricity in the unserved rural areas in the 1930s. We see a parallel to providing the electrical service then and providing high-speed internet now. We are uniquely suited to provide reliable high-speed internet to our members. 

Over the last 18 months, we have been diligently researching and reviewing options to see if it was possible to provide a reliable high-speed internet service without raising electrical rates. Thanks to our partnership with Trans-world Communications, this service will not affect your electric rates. TWN Communications has been in the communications industry for over 30 years. 

We will begin building the system in the fall of 2019. The service will be available to both homes and businesses in our territory. It is our goal for ALL Heartland REMC members to have access to at least a 25mb internet connection within the next five years. There will be one monthly fee with no data cap. 

To help with the building of the system, TWN Communications is taking pre-registration. Pre-registration is not a commitment to buy service. By pre-registering, you are letting TWN Communications know you are interested in getting service. Once service is slated to come to your area, they will reach out to you and discuss installation. 

If you want more information regarding this internet service, view plan pricing, or pre-register, please go to heartlandremc.com.