Executives
Connect2First, a wholly owned subsidiary of First Electric Cooperative Corporation (FECC), is on a mission to increase the quality of life of the rural Arkansas communities it serves.
Connect2First started deploying a fiber backbone in late 2021 to support connectivity to all its substations and has since successfully delivered 5,050 miles of fiber and connected 25,000 rural households in just 32 months.
The project was forecast to take eight years, but the current schedule will wrap up network build activity in just four years.
We are going at a really, really fast pace. I think the project originally called for eight years. We're now at 50% completion after just two years of construction.
ROBBY THEODORE
Director, Fiber Operations
With Render, it's been a methodical build. The software has allowed us to be organized, move through construction quickly and efficiently, then turn it over to sales and immediately start turning our customers up.
ROBBY THEODORE
Director, Fiber Operations
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Jeremiah Sloan
Chief Operating Officer at CECC
“With Render, productivity is off the charts, data integrity is high, and construction costs are down, all without ever touching a piece of paper. Now I can’t imagine trying to implement a large-scale utilities construction project without it.”
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