{"id":26299,"date":"2025-04-17T02:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T02:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/26299\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T02:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T02:06:09","slug":"benton-rea-sells-powernet-internet-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/26299\/","title":{"rendered":"Benton REA sells PowerNET internet service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Benton Rural Electric Association (REA) is getting out of the\u00a0internet services business.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The public utility\u00a0sold\u00a0its\u00a0PowerNET\u00a0internet service to Yakima-based Advanced\u00a0High Speed\u00a0Internet for $110,000, Benton REA\u00a0told the Tri-Cities\u00a0Area Journal of Business.\u00a0Benton REA says\u00a0that\u00a0company\u00a0is\u00a0better positioned to serve\u00a0PowerNET\u2019s\u00a0customers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sale of\u00a0PowerNET\u00a0to Advanced\u00a0High Speed\u00a0Internet will give customers the service they deserve from a company that specializes in rural internet services,\u201d said Benton REA CEO Ryan Redmond in a release. \u201cAt the same time, it allows Benton REA to solely focus on what we do best \u2013 providing safe, reliable and affordable electrical services to our membership.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Benton REA has provided Internet service through\u00a0PowerNET\u00a0since 1997 to connect rural and underserved communities.\u00a0PowerNET\u00a0currently serves about 1,000 users.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The sale will free up the utility\u2019s bandwidth to address the challenges\u00a0facing the electric industry\u00a0and provide\u00a0safe,\u00a0reliable\u00a0and affordable electricity to\u00a0its\u00a0members.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Benton Rural Electric Association (REA) is getting out of the\u00a0internet services business.\u00a0 The public utility\u00a0sold\u00a0its\u00a0PowerNET\u00a0internet service to Yakima-based&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3161],"tags":[7529,3082,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-26299","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-april-2025","9":"tag-internet","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114350862204065199","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}