Just more than halfway through 2021, Firefly Fiber Broadband representatives recently updated Nelson County officials on high-speed internet expansion throughout the county.
Melissa Gay, communications manager for Central Virginia Electric Cooperative based in Nelson County, presented a report to the countyâs board of supervisors and broadband authority on July 13. Firefly, a subsidiary of CVEC, is working to make broadband coverage available to all county residents and businesses.
CVEC has completed construction of the Martins Store, Wintergreen and Colleen substations, making gigabit speed access available to 6,800 of the 8,000 locations the cooperative has in its electric service territory in the county, Gay said. The Gladstone substationâs buildout has been delayed by several river crossings and multiple railroad crossings and getting those in place will allow CVEC to reach another 250 locations along the James River and near Wingina, according to the report.