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MARCH 21, 2022-Pioneer has announced it is working to help build awareness about the Affordable Connectivity Program, a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program.  The new long-term benefit will help to lower the cost of broadband service for eligible households struggling to afford internet service. The $14 billion Affordable Connectivity Program provides a discount of up…

KINGFISHER, OK-FEBRUARY 24, 2022-Richard Ruhl, General Manager of Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, Inc., headquartered in Kingfisher, OK was recently awarded the James L. Bass Lifetime Achievement Award from NTCA (National Telephone Cooperative Association)-The Rural Broadband Association. Each year, a CEO or General Manager within the Telecom Industry, is awarded this prestigious honor in recognition for his…

JANUARY 26, 2022- Pioneer is expanding fiber-optic to rural areas outside of Okarche, OK as part of the RUS (Rural Utilities Service) ReConnect Grant Program awarded to Pioneer in July 2020. Construction for the project will begin in March and be completed in May of this year.   The Fiber project is for the ReConnect…

JANUARY 26, 2022-Pioneer will begin construction of an aggressive fiber-to-the-home build-out in the cities of Seiling, Mooreland, Lahoma, Cleo Springs, Meno and Ringwood, Oklahoma.  This project will begin in February of 2022 with an approximate 1-year construction timeline.  The construction contract was awarded to Utility Services Associates Construction.  The total project expense including materials, engineering,…

JANUARY 3, 2022- Pioneer is expanding fiber-optic to rural areas outside of Seiling. This will include an almost 4-mile fiber project through the RUS (Rural Utilities Service) ReConnect grant program that was awarded in July 2020.  Excel Utility Contractors LLC was awarded the bid and construction costs for this project are just over $62,000.  Construction…