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Mega Broadband Investments Promotes Ed Butler to CCO
Mega Broadband Investments Promotes Ed Butler to CCO 150 150 Vyve Broadband

Mega Broadband Investments LLC (“MBI”), a leading provider of broadband services across the Southeast, Northwest, and Mid-South United States, today announced that Ed Butler has been promoted to the role of Chief Commercial Officer, effective immediately. A longtime business sales leader, Mr. Butler has spent the last twenty years leading commercial sales organizations in the telecom and broadband industries. Mr. Butler joined MBI/Vyve Broadband during its formation and has been responsible for expanding the company’s business sales organization. Under Ed’s leadership Vyve has seen its commercial revenue grow by double digits for five consecutive years and commercial sales now accounts for most of MBI’s revenue growth. Prior to joining MBI, Mr. Butler lead the commercial sales organizations for NewWave Communications, Consolidated Communications, SureWest, and Everest Communications.

 

“Ed has been a key part of our growth and expansion during our ownership and has been instrumental in helping us build MBI into the business it is today,” said Phil Spencer, Chief Executive Officer of MBI. “Over the last few years, our commercial revenue has seen consistent double-digit growth under Ed’s leadership”.

About Mega Broadband Investments

Mega Broadband Investments LLC, operating as Vyve Broadband, largely serves rural communities in sixteen states across the Southeast, Northwest, and Mid-South United States. Vyve Broadband offers an extensive range of broadband, fiber connectivity, cable television and voice services for commercial and residential customers. Residential services include high-speed internet with services up to Vyve Gig, all-digital and high-definition video and digital voice services. Vyve Business Services provides optical Ethernet, PRI and hosted voice services to the business community. For more information, please visit business.vyvebroadband.com.

  

Vyve Broadband Service Interruptions In Marble Falls Area
Vyve Broadband Service Interruptions In Marble Falls Area 150 150 Vyve Broadband

MARBLE FALLS – December 9, 2022 – Vyve Broadband systems in Marble Falls, Ballinger, Burnet, Cottonwood Shores, Granite Shoals, Horseshoe Bay, Kingsland, Stephenville & Winters, TX, had service interruptions that started around 1:50 PM on Thursday, December 8, 2022. Vyve’s third-party backhaul provider, Fiberlight, experienced two different fiber cuts along their redundant and diverse network paths on the western route in Springtown, TX, and the eastern route near Houston, TX. The redundancy is designed to failover in a disruption from one route to the other. Fiberlights’ NOC (Network Operation Center) reported the disruption to Vyve’s NOC, and a remedy was started ASAP.

Vyve’s team drove the routes to detect the cuts and provide assistance. Vyve’s engineers also configured alternate solutions to provide restoration options and deployed a solution after four hours that allowed Vyve to restore service to the fiber-based business customers in the Marble Falls area. By 6:00 PM, Vyve restored approximately 4000 residential and commercial business cable modem customers in the same area.

Multiple Fiberlight restoration technicians arrived at the Springtown location around 6:30 PM. They uncovered that an underground construction crew had severed their underground fiber optic lines in two places about 500′ apart. The Fiberlight cables were located and flagged to prevent this sort of incident. Fiberlight restoration crews dug up both cut locations and began fusion splicing at both cut locations.

Fiberlight restoration crews arrived at the site of the Houston route cut at 9:35 PM and began restoration activity.

At 10:30 PM, Vyve’s service began to be restored and there was full recovery by 11:23 PM. Vyve has made significant investments in our network, and we invest heavily to provide redundant and diverse paths to major data centers. The likelihood of separate disruptions in two locations along diverse routes is extremely rare. However, we have experienced this twice in Marble Falls within the past year. As a result, Vyve will invest in a 3rd redundant and diverse circuit to Marble Falls. We are committed to being our communities’ most reliable internet service provider.

Vyve wants to thank customers for their patience and all the employees who have worked tirelessly to resolve this issue.

Vyve Broadband To Be Featured On Viewpoint
Vyve Broadband To Be Featured On Viewpoint 150 150 Vyve Broadband

Vyve was excited to be featured on PBS with the Viewpoint Project with Dennis Quaid, a television documentary.

This TV segment highlighted the ways Vyve is doing MORE to bridge the digital divide in rural America. It is a great piece featuring Phil Spencer, our CEO, and Andy Parrott, our COO & President. Rep. Cody Harris from the Texas House of Representatives also provided a great perspective on how high-speed internet can open an exciting world of new opportunities for rural Americans. Filming locations included Vyve’s Network Operations Center in Corsicana, TX as well as Navarro College, where we met with Barry Sullivan, Director of IT. Watch the full segment here: https://www.viewpointproject.com/ptv-segments-vyve-broadband/

Vyve Broadband Promotes New FHSU Associate Degree Program for Working Telecommunications Professionals
Vyve Broadband Promotes New FHSU Associate Degree Program for Working Telecommunications Professionals 150 150 Vyve Broadband

HAYS, KS – September 27, 2022 – In a move that underscores the company’s commitment to employee development, Vyve Broadband is working with Fort Hays State University and the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE®), a CableLabs® subsidiary, to offer a new associate degree program for the telecommunications professionals it employs. This partnership will directly benefit Vyve employees by enabling them to earn college credits, pursue their degrees and advance their applied skills and theoretical knowledge.

“Vyve Broadband is committed to the development of our employees. We are excited about this opportunity for our team members both in Kansas and across the country to advance their skills and knowledge as well as careers. Post-secondary education plays a key role in career development, and we are proud to support all our employees who wish to work towards their degree through FHSU Online,” said Travis Kohlrus, Vyve Regional Vice President.

Through a combination of courses from Fort Hays and SCTE®, learners can now earn an Associate of General Studies degree with an emphasis in Computer Networking & Telecommunications. SCTE’s courses count toward the associate degree and can be completed through FHSU Online. The program is designed for professionals working in the industry who want to advance their skills and knowledge, earn college credits, and pursue a degree in this fast-growing professional field.

For a company that is a pioneer in delivering game-changing internet technology to traditionally underserved communities, this move highlights Vyve’s desire to offer more opportunities to its growing team of employees as well. The company currently has multiple openings within its growing technology group available across the United States. Candidates looking for an exciting career in telecommunications with a team that compensates employees competitively and offers unique advancement opportunities can apply here.

For more information on Vyve Broadband, visit: https://vyvebroadband.com/.

For more information on the FHSU’s new Associate of General Studies degree with an emphasis in Computer Networking & Telecommunications, visit: https://www.fhsu.edu/.

Vyve Teams with eero to Provide a Premier Home Internet Experience
Vyve Teams with eero to Provide a Premier Home Internet Experience 150 150 Vyve Broadband

The collaboration supports ultra-fast, reliable whole-home mesh wifi network connectivity, enabling faster speeds, enhanced security, and unsurpassed control

Rye Brook, NY – September 14, 2022 – Vyve Broadband, pioneers in bringing game-changing internet technology to traditionally underserved communities, announces that it has teamed with eero (an Amazon company), the first mesh home wifi system, to provide advanced whole-home wifi services to its internet customers. The agreement will enhance Vyve’s internet offering by leveraging eero’s mesh wifi systems which optimize their performance based on a household’s network layout, connected devices, and overall network usage. This results in fast speeds, efficient coverage, and a reliable connection for Vyve’s customers.

“Having a strong, reliable connection to your home is only as good as your ability to provide that strong connection to all of the devices under the roof,” comments Phil Spencer, Chief Executive Officer, Vyve Broadband. “Teaming with eero helps us get that strong Vyve broadband signal to all of your devices without sacrificing speed, reliability, or security. Our eero-enabled wifi service provides an additional layer of management and troubleshooting abilities and the ability to deliver remote support to help our customers manage their eero devices and subscriptions. We’re thrilled to be teaming with a world-class whole-home wifi provider.”

Every eero device comes with encryption and security protocols. And for more advanced security, eero Secure protects your growing online life, helping to keep your personal information, devices, and network protected from online threats.

Vyve believes that access to information, literature, scholarly articles, arts and sciences, entertainment, politics, and people (among many others) are the building blocks of opportunity. With this relationship, Vyve is continuing its founding mission to provide essential high-speed internet services to traditionally underserved communities, regardless of location or socioeconomics.

To learn more about Vyve’s eero-enabled Wi-Fi services, call 855-734-VYVE (8983) or visit https://vyvebroadband.com/.

Fast Just Got Faster! Vyve Boosts Customers’ Internet Upload Speeds
Fast Just Got Faster! Vyve Boosts Customers’ Internet Upload Speeds 150 150 Vyve Broadband

Vyve Broadband, pioneers in bringing game-changing internet technology to traditionally underserved communities, today announces that it is increasing its residential customers’ Internet upload speeds at no added cost. In most cases, customers will see their speeds double, enabling faster file, picture and video uploads, as well as improved video conferencing and online gaming performance. This latest initiative is part of Vyve’s ongoing commitment to investing in the communities it serves. 

According to Vyve, customers subscribing to any of Vyve’s internet plans as listed below will enjoy the following new upload speeds:

Download Speed Level New Upload Speed
105 Mbps 20
200 Mbps 30
500 Mbps 40
Vyve Gig 50

Though Vyve customers do not need to do anything to take advantage of these new, faster speeds, the company is inviting anyone with questions to visit vyvebroadband.com or call at 866-550-VYVE. Vyve offers speeds from 105 Mbps up to Vyve Gig. 

“At Vyve, we believe that internet access is a key gateway to the building blocks of opportunity, but there is a difference between delivering on a set menu of unchanging services and going beyond to give our customers more,” says Phil Spencer, Chief Executive Officer, Vyve Broadband. “Faster upload speeds mean faster access to people, education, entertainment, government services and much more.” 

With a network spanning 16 states, Vyve is not only working to improve the online experiences of its existing customers, but is also reaching out to underserved, underprivileged communities. Recently, the company announced that it is now part of the FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which is designed to assist low-income households in obtaining high-speed internet. Eligible households can now apply a credit of up to $30 per month ($75 on Tribal lands) to all of Vyve’s internet plans from 105 Mbps to Vyve Gig, where available. 

The company’s track record of working tirelessly to bridge America’s digital divide has landed Phil Spencer, CEO, and Andy Kober, EVP and CFO, on Cablefax Magazine’s list of 100 top power players within the cable telecom industry. As Spencer has noted, the phrase “digital divide” will go away when “Vyve and our industry finish executing our rural build plans.”  Through initiatives like participating in the ACP and upgrading its residential customers’ upload speeds for free, Vyve is well-positioned to make this vision a reality. 

To learn more about Vyve, visit us online: https://vyvebroadband.com/

 

Vyve Execs Recognized among Telecom Industry’s Top 100 Power Players by Cablefax Magazine
Vyve Execs Recognized among Telecom Industry’s Top 100 Power Players by Cablefax Magazine 150 150 Vyve Broadband
Vyve Broadband, pioneers in bringing game-changing internet technology to traditionally underserved communities, announces that its CEO, Phil Spencer, and EVP and CFO, Andrew Kober, have been named to the Cablefax 100 top power players within the cable telecom industry. Phil and Andy have been instrumental in implementing a business strategy that ensures Vyve’s long-term viability and customer and employee satisfaction while remaining highly focused on the company’s mission to bridge the digital divide. The Cablefax Top 100 Power Players recognizes the duo’s vision and commitment to bringing meaningful opportunities across its service footprint.
“Access to affordable internet service levels the playing field for so many across our great country,” maintains Spencer. “Our commitment to providing that access to those who have been traditionally underserved, is a big part of our mission and passion. If knowledge is power, then I’d like to think that Vyve is giving power to communities through access to knowledge and opportunity. So, I share this top power player recognition with all of those we serve. Thank you for the honor of serving you.”
Vyve Broadband serves largely non-urban communities in sixteen states, including Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. The company offers a comprehensive suite of access, fiber connectivity, cable television and voice services for commercial and residential customers, including support for next generation technologies such as AR/VR, IoT, SD-WAN and Cloud.
“Vyve values hard work, inclusion, and kindness,” continues Kober. “Our employees are the bedrock upon which our mission rests. They are how we got here, and they are driving where we go – and we’re going to a lot of new places. So, we share this honor with our product engineers, installers, support staff and everyone who has had a hand in our shared successes. Collectively we are continuing our mission to provide essential high-speed internet services to traditionally underserved communities, regardless of location or socioeconomics.”

Vyve Participating in FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) to Bring High-Speed Internet to Eligible Low-Income Households
Vyve Participating in FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) to Bring High-Speed Internet to Eligible Low-Income Households 150 150 Vyve Broadband

Eligible Households Can Receive a $30 Credit for High-Speed Internet on Plans Starting at 105Mbps up to Vyve Gig, Where Available

Vyve Broadband, pioneers in bringing game-changing internet technology to traditionally underserved communities, announces it is participating in the FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). The ACP provides a credit of up to $30 per month ($75 on Tribal lands, which includes nearly all of Oklahoma) towards the cost of high-speed internet access for eligible low-income households. Eligible households can apply Vyve’s ACP credit to internet plans ranging from 105Mbps to Vyve Gig, where available.

“Affordable internet service helps to level the playing field for so many low-income families – it’s about access to opportunity,” comments Phil Spencer, Chief Executive Officer, Vyve Broadband. “The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program uniquely aligns with what has always been our mission. Since day one, we have championed delivering the best technologies to everyone, everywhere, regardless of location or financial status. The ACP program helps us to further that mission.”

Vyve believes that access to information, literature, scholarly articles, arts and sciences, entertainment, politics, and people (among many others) are the building blocks of opportunity. Vyve continues its founding mission to provide essential high-speed internet services to traditionally underserved communities, regardless of location or socioeconomics.

To learn more about Vyve’s ACP program, call 855-734-VYVE (8983) or visit www.vyvebroadband.com/acp

Amid Europe’s Growing Humanitarian Crisis, Vyve Offers Free Calling to Ukraine, Moldova, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia
Amid Europe’s Growing Humanitarian Crisis, Vyve Offers Free Calling to Ukraine, Moldova, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia 150 150 Vyve Broadband

Vyve is part of a growing, grassroots movement by American companies to support Ukrainian refugees and those affected by the ongoing conflict. 

Vyve Broadband, pioneers in bringing game-changing internet technology to traditionally underserved communities, announces that it is offering Vyve Phone customers free long-distance calling to the countries of Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine for the month of March. Additionally, Vyve has set up phones in each of its 38 local offices across the U.S. that both customers and non-customers can use to make free calls to these countries.

Across the U.S., a growing number of companies are establishing a commitment to do what they can to aid the surging humanitarian crisis in Eastern Europe. Already, close to 1 million refugees have fled Ukraine, which could be just the tip of the total diaspora. The European Union (EU) estimates that up to 4 million people could end up displaced by the Russian incursion, with many seeking shelter in neighboring Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Moldova. With its strong history of bringing meaningful technology to the underserved, Vyve’s leadership felt compelled to act. 

“At Vyve, we recognize that the war in Ukraine is a global concern that is impacting real human beings both abroad and at home,” comments Andy Parrott, President and COO of Vyve Broadband. “By waiving charges for long-distance calls to the area, we want to support our customers as they seek to keep in touch with their friends, family members, and loved ones affected by this crisis.” 

According to a Morning Consult poll from March 1, 2022, most Americans want U.S.-based companies to take some form of action in support of Ukraine. While many multinational companies have already taken a firm stance on business dealings in the region, Vyve’s announcement underscores the efforts of American-owned and operated companies to support the humanitarian needs of Ukraine’s refugees.  

Vyve believes that access to information, literature, scholarly articles, arts and sciences, entertainment, politics, and people (among many other resources) are the building blocks of opportunity. With this decision, Vyve is bringing its founding mission to provide essential services to traditionally underserved communities to the international arena.  

Vyve’s 25-Market Fiber Expansion Delivers Essential, Business-Boosting Connectivity
Vyve’s 25-Market Fiber Expansion Delivers Essential, Business-Boosting Connectivity 150 150 Vyve Broadband

RYE BROOK, N.Y. (Jan. 18, 2022) — Vyve Business Services, pioneers in bringing game-changing internet technology to traditionally underserved communities, announces the expansion of its Fiber Business Services to 25 new markets. The new markets were selected for their strong business communities, leadership and growth opportunities, and Vyve is committed to advancing commerce and providing seamless pathways to digital transformation for businesses in these communities.

Fast, reliable and secure business services are essential to sustainable, long-term, business growth,” comments Ed Butler, Chief Commercial Officer, Vyve Broadband. “Since our founding, we have invested our own capital and championed the delivery of the best technologies to everyone, everywhere. Our fiber will serve as a gateway to a digital future – a gateway to endless growth for business and a technology partner that can scale easily as you grow. We’re thrilled to be a part of these communities and among the best and most innovative business leaders around.”

Vyve’s fiber expansion includes the following markets:

  • Antlers, OK
  • Atwood, KS
  • Bermuda Run – Statesboro, GA
  • Brevard, NC
  • Central City, NE
  • Clemson – Applewood, SC
  • Clemson – Dogwood, SC
  • Clemson – Summit Communities, SC
  • Douglas, WY
  • Durant, OK
  • Franklin, NC
  • Hendersonville, NC
  • Hugo, OK
  • Kingston, OK
  • Mineral Wells, TX
  • Oakhurst, CA
  • Othello, WA
  • Paris, TX
  • Ponderay, ID
  • Sandpoint, ID
  • Sapulpa, OK
  • Seminole, OK
  • Statesboro, GA
  • Wray, CO
  • Yreka, CA

These new markets will have access to Vyve’s full suite of services including symmetrical fiber-based broadband with speeds up to 10 Gigabit per second (Gbps) to businesses of all sizes. With a network spanning 16 states, built-in redundancy and reliability (99.99% uptime), and Tier 1 exchange points in some of America’s largest cities, Vyve Business Services offer a quick to deploy, highly-scalable and affordable pathway to next-generation networking and storage solutions such as Cloud and SD-WAN with the ability to manage the proliferation of bandwidth-hungry IoT applications.

“Moving from a service that essentially was built for residential users to a true business-class managed service gives us the ability to exceed our customers’ expectations and focus more on our business growth,” said Austin Montecuollo at Gregory’s Restaurant, Rutherfordton, NC.”Before we implemented Vyve Fiber Services, our ability to provide the best possible customer experience was often crippled by unreliable and sometimes downright embarrassing technology and poor connections – not anymore,” commented Dane at Clyde’s Towing, Ponderay, ID.

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