Peñasco Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (PVT) has joined the Fiber Broadband Association, an organization that is dedicated to accelerating the deployment of fiber broadband networks to ensure every community can leverage the economic and societal benefits that only fiber can deliver.
“The Fiber Broadband Association welcomes PVT to its membership. Our association thrives on the knowledge, hard work, and collaboration of our members, and we know that PVT will be an asset to our organization,” said Gary Bolton, President and CEO at the Fiber Broadband Association. “Together, we will work to provide advocacy, education, and resources for the advancement of fiber broadband technology to close the digital equity gap and create a better quality of life for everyone.”
This partnership brings us one step closer to ensuring that our rural communities have access to high-speed fiber internet, improving both the local economy and the way we connect with one another.
By working with the FBA, we’re joining hands with others dedicated to expanding fiber broadband networks. Our goal is to bridge the digital divide, bringing faster internet to everyone, right here in the Southeast New Mexico.
“At PVT, we’re always striving to improve the quality of life for our community,” says Eugene McCord, CIO for PVT. “This partnership is another way we’re committed to bringing cutting-edge technology and resources to our rural areas.”
Stay tuned for more updates as we close the digital gap in our cooperative.
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About Peñasco Valley Telephone Cooperative
PVT is an internet service provider headquartered in Artesia, New Mexico, with a history that dates back to 1905. PVT presently owns and operates the exchanges of Cottonwood, Hondo, Hope, Lakewood, Loco Hills, and Mayhill in Chaves, Eddy, Lincoln, and Otero counties located in Southeastern New Mexico. PVT serves customers over a 4,929 square mile area.
As a cooperative, PVT’s purpose is to improve the quality of life in the communities it serves.
About the Fiber Broadband Association
The Fiber Broadband Association is the largest and only trade association that represents the complete fiber ecosystem of service providers, manufacturers, industry experts, and deployment specialists dedicated to the advancement of fiber broadband deployment and the pursuit of a world where communications are limitless, advancing quality of life and digital equity anywhere and everywhere. The Fiber Broadband Association helps providers, communities, and policy makers make informed decisions about how, where, and why to build better fiber broadband networks. Since 2001, these companies, organizations, and members have worked with communities and consumers in mind to build the critical infrastructure that provides the economic and societal benefits that only fiber can deliver. The Fiber Broadband Association is part of the Fibre Council Global Alliance, which is a platform of six global FTTH Councils in North America, LATAM, Europe, MEA, APAC, and South Africa. Learn more at fiberbroadband.org.
