Turnkey Communication and Broadband Network Solutions
For decades, electric utilities have powered communities—now they can connect them, too.
Irby partners with cooperatives, municipalities, and energy authorities to bring high-speed broadband where it’s needed most. Whether launching a new network or expanding an existing one, we provide full-scale deployment and long-term support to help you build a stronger, more connected community.
Mission
To furnish utilities with the knowledge, resources, and experience needed to best serve their community.
Vision
That all cooperatives and municipalities are equipped to best support their utility and internet service endeavors, and every rural American has access to sustainable, reliable internet.
Feasibility
It all starts with a plan. We’ll put together a conservative study of anticipated subscriber interest, design, cost, return on investment, and potential competition.
Engineering
Guesswork costs you—that’s why we use the most sophisticated processes to ensure an efficient, constructible network. Irby’s engineers and GIS specialists carefully develop each network with its unique scope and financial objectives in mind.
Materials and Logistics
Access your materials as soon as you need them. Our extensive inventory gives you real-time access to the materials needed to deploy your broadband network. That’s the Irby Difference: keeping your material costs low and your project on schedule.
Project Management
Increase your productivity in the office and the field. We’ll manage your materials and vendor relations, create easy-to-interpret maps for your construction teams, negotiate peering agreements, handle quality control, and much more.
Subscriber Management
Take charge with intuitive subscriber management. Get comprehensive customer records, asset management, billing options, provisioning, a helpdesk, and an end-user portal, all under one platform.
“By leveraging Irby’s expanded services, Lexington Electric System was able to avoid any immediate hires. Instead, we utilized Irby’s expertise to establish a robust broadband division that paved the way for more efficient growth and success.”
-Brad Jones, Interim Manager, LexNet
Sustaining Services
To best support your broadband business long after project completion.
Customer Representatives
Your subscribers deserve a friendly, knowledgeable answer to their calls. Our in-house call center technicians provide just that, seven days a week.
FCC & Regulatory Support
With 90+ years of success, our people know the language and material needed to secure funding and meet regulations. Spend less time navigating requirements and more time perfecting your business.
Marketing Services
As your business develops, so should your marketing strategy. Our specialists craft curated content to engage your audience and tell your brand's story.
Customer Success
• Started construction 8/15/23
• 474 customers and currently growing
• 676+ miles of fiber placed
• 2,000 miles of fiber built in one year
• 5,000 subscribers added within 10 months
• C&L’s territory encompasses 9.9% of unserved locations by land area within the state of Arkansas
• Currently, construction in C&L has been in progress for 2 months and we have placed around 37 miles of backbone fiber.
• Construction for their Fiber to the Home deployment expected in 2025
What We Offer
We deliver consistent results—but our turnkey solutions are by no means identical. We learn your utility’s goals and deliver a broadband plan that fits your objectives and complement your capabilities.
Our fully digital solutions enable us to move quickly. With Irby's modernized fiber technologies, you’ll become a reliable internet provider with a reputation for strong, uninterrupted service.
As a privately held provider since 1926, we don’t answer to shareholders. We’re responsive to you and ensure your customers have the connection their lives depend on. From technology to our material inventory, we accommodate for your growth and industry shifts from day one.
What You'll Get
Reliable communications make it easier to serve your customers/members. You’ll offer faster response times, more accurate billing, proactive outage management, and more. This protects and enhances your existing reputation as a reliable utility provider, enabling you to become a bigger and more important part of your community.
The education, healthcare, work, and entertainment of the future all require reliable connectivity across long distances. Don’t let your offerings fall behind; instead, evolve into a utility and internet service provider to do more for the people who already rely on you.
From streamlined operations to remote monitoring, you’ll have everything you need to improve your utility operations, and your community will benefit from high-speed broadband access.
Let's Connect
Take the next step to empower your community and optimize your utility. Contact our broadband experts to get started with a free feasibility study.