Shelby Electric Cooperative is working to further roll out its fiber connection service.  This offering is run through the organization’s subsidiary ShelbyFiber.  It’s designed to increase Internet access for people in rural areas while also placing them at the heart of the organization’s operations, in line with its co-op status. 

Kevin Bernson is the vice president of media and public relations with Shelby Electric.  He says the addition of fiber to their lineup of services is part of how they have evolved in their nearly 90 years of existence. 

Nate Miller is the fiber project manager of ShelbyFiber.  He says the organization has found grant funding to help offer the service for a low rate to customers.

Customers in Shelby and Macon counties have been among the first to to be able to take advantage of fiber.  

ShelbyFiber hopes to go further in the coming years and offer fiber to every customer who does not already have it. 

More information on Shelby Electric Cooperative and Shelby Fiber is available at www.shelbyfiber.coop or by calling (217) 777-2323. 

Kevin Bernson and Nate Miller appeared as guests on the WTIM Pana Morning Show.