May 21, 2025

Planned Maintenance Outage – May 22, 2025

BARC Connects will be having a planned maintenance on 5/22/2025 between 1-4:00 a.m. The areas that will be impacted are listed below. Bashaw Road Bells Valley Road Big River Road Buck Ridge Lane Estaline Valley Road Furnace Road Glover Run...

April 23, 2025

Win a Roku Giveaway!

Download the BARC Connects app and you are automatically entered to WIN a Roku! Download the app here for your chance to win: https://www.barcconnects.net/smart-home-solutions/ The BARC Connects app allows for better control over your network. Change your Wi-Fi settings, check...

March 25, 2025

ONLINE PIECE OF MIND WITH PROTECTIQ NETWORK SECURITY

BARC Connects is working hard behind the scenes to stop unwanted intrusions and web threats. This month, BARC Connects newly enabled security feature, ProtectIQ, has blocked 43,000 web threats from our customers. Email accounts are often the pathway that can...

February 20, 2025

Town Hall: Spring Valley and Buffalo Creek

A town hall meeting will be held for customers in the Spring Valley and Buffalo Creek areas on Monday, March 3rd at 6pm. Bring your questions regarding BARC Connects. We look forward to seeing you there! Location: Lexington Moose Lodge...

February 11, 2025

Lobby Closed Feb. 11 and Feb. 12, 2025

BARC Connects customers: We will be closing early today due to the inclement weather. Fiber techs are still finishing up new installs and upgrades but will be available should a fiber outage occur. Please call 1-800-846-2272, option 2 for trouble...

February 6, 2025

Outage Update – February 6, 2025

Update: As of 6 a.m. on February 7, all fiber outages should be restored at this time. Update on the cut fiber at 7:30 p.m.: The fiber construction crew has installed the new fiber cable, and the splicing crews have...

January 6, 2025

Lobby Closed – January 6, 2025

Please note, due to the winter storm, our lobby will be closed on January 6, 2025. We have several options for payment available here: https://www.barcconnects.net/paymybill/

December 23, 2024

December Fiber Construction Update – December 23, 2024

Augusta County and Middlebrook Road Your area is now eligible to sign up for service! Please check your address with Customer Service at 800-846-2272. Sign-up by website coming soon. Service is subject to availability. Aid in construction costs will vary....

December 6, 2024

Office Closed – December 6, 2024

BARC Connects offices will be closed on December 6, 2024. Please utilize your Smarthub app or portal to pay your bill. Please call 1-800-846-2272, option 2.

November 6, 2024

BARC Connects Receives Funding For Fiber Internet

November 6, 2024 CONTACT: Amanda Cunningham PHONE: (540) 679-6851 EMAIL: acunningham@barcelectric.com Lexington, VA – On October 30, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that BARC Connects Fiber Broadband, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BARC Electric Cooperative, was awarded $4.5...

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