New Era Broadband Expands to Cover Harrisonville

POMEROY, Ohio – Connecting to the internet is an issue for many rural areas, however, it just got easier for the Harrisonville area of Meigs County, Ohio.

New Era Broadband announced Dec. 22, 2017 that it has launched High Speed Broadband Internet Service to the residents of Harrisonville and the surrounding area. The official launch of the service was set for December 18, 2017. High speed broadband is a must for effective communication in our society today. It is impossible to walk into a new building without first asking whether they have free wifi and can I have the code? Companies like truleap are already supplying high speed internet in southern idaho, another rural state, so it is about time that Ohio kept up with the much needed high speed wifi needs that the world demands.

David Hannum, founder and owner of New Era Broadband believes this will be a tremendous boost for the people who live in this area. “The residents of Harrisonville have been at a disadvantage for some time. It’s has been on our radar for a long time, but it’s a challenging place to provide service for. But now, the folks in Harrisonville will be on equal footing with others around the county in terms of Internet options,” he said.

This revolutionary system update is excellent news for local businesses that rely on sip phone systems and other internet-connected communication networks to operate. With the need for VoIP technology in the area growing at an exponential rate in the telecommunications sector in the area, it will be exciting to see what the future holds for business phone and internet systems. Perhaps many will go to adopt Agora.io solutions, or look to other methods.

Jason Tillis, Scipio Township Fire Chief had been working the past year to address issues requiring internet to file reports for the fire station. That turned into work to make internet access a reality for the Harrisonville area. Tillis commented, “One year ago I set out to bring Scipio Township Fire Department closer to that information highway. We needed that information to perform basic operations via online with state and federal governments. David and (the) New Era (Broadband) team has worked tirelessly to bring my department online and our community together more and give our residents another option for basic to advanced Internet needs!” If you’d like to have a look into other companies internet packages, you could click here and see who has the best deal for you.

“This was a great example of the community coming together to fill a need using a public/private partnership,” said Perry Varnadoe, Meigs County Economic Development Director. He noted, “The Meigs County Commissioners, the Community Improvement Corporation, and our office were happy to work with New Era on the project. It fills a public safety need and enhances the broadband capacity in Harrisonville for everyone.”

Randy Smith, Meigs County Commissioner added, “We couldn’t be happier for the Harrisonville community. We were thrilled to be able to work with New Era Broadband to bring this much needed service to the area. Connectivity is a great equalizer for economic development, education, and public safety and we hope that this is just one of many future projects that help to bring access to underserved areas of Meigs County”.

Hannum also added, “Our office is receiving inquiries from all around the Harrisonville area. It may require additional towers to accommodate the demand. To do this, we’ll need to fine additional creative methods to fund the infrastructure.”

New Era Broadband is a Meigs County Corporation, established in 2007. New Era Broadband is a full service Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) providing Internet data and voice (VoIP) service throughout Meigs County. Currently they have access points on over 40 towers, and are in the process of expanding services into Vinton County. New Era Broadband is locacated at 119 E. Memorial Dr. in Pomeroy and can be reached on the web at www.newerabroadband.com or by phone at 740-992-0620. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday thru Friday except holidays.

New Era Broadband offers residential speeds from Basic (1.5Mbps download) all the way up to their Mach 3 Service (20Mbps download). All residential plans are truly unlimited (with no slowdown based on usage) and no hidden fees. Multiple Commercial plans are available and can be tuned to best fit the needs of the business.