For Immediate Release      Date: July 27, 2021

Contact: Melissa Gay, 434-263-7638 ([email protected])

Firefly Fiber BroadbandSM to Host Virtual Town Meetings

(Arrington, VA) – Firefly Fiber BroadbandSM, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Central Virginia Electric Cooperative (CVEC), will be hosting a virtual town hall meeting on Thursday, July 29 at 6 p.m. and on Monday, August 2 at noon to review their exciting Regional Internet Service Expansion (RISE) project. To sign up for one of the Virtual Town Hall Meetings, please visit www.fireflyva.com/town-halls. The RISE project is currently surveying the Central Virginia counties of Albemarle, Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Greene, Louisa, Madison, Nelson, and Powhatan to determine areas of broadband need. That need is defined as households without access to any internet service or those households receiving speeds at or below the 25/3 threshold.

The virtual town hall will feature a short slide show as well as a Q&A session with slides related to who is Firefly? What is the RISE project? What is the timeline? How can I be sure my home or business is identified as unserved? What does Firefly sell and for how much? The same presentation will be made on July 29 and August 2, so participants should choose only one date to attend.

Additionally, individuals in the designated RISE areas may visit www.fireflyva.com/rise to take a broadband survey before August 7. This survey and speed test data will be used to further define the service area for a regional grant application that would aim to bring fiber broadband and voice- over-IP phone service to every unserved location in those counties.

Headquartered in Palmyra, VA, Firefly Fiber BroadbandSM is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Central Virginia Electric Cooperative. Firefly offers lightning-fast internet via fiber to the premise that is reliable and priced fairly with no hidden equipment costs or special introductory pricing that increases the base cost of phone or internet later. Firefly has no contracts, no data caps or slowdowns and offers symmetrical upload and download speeds. Firefly Light offers 100 mbps for $49.99; Firefly Flash offers 1 gbps for $79.99; and Firefly Voice is $34.99 with a $5.00 discount when bundled with the internet. For more information, visit www.fireflyva.com.