February 17, 2022

Scheduled TV Maintenance Activity – February 23, 2022

BARC Connects TV Subscribers: Our video partner has advised they will be conducting a maintenance activity on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 between the hours of 12:00 am and 3:00 am to move certain channels to a new receiver. During this...

February 10, 2022

February 2022 Fiber Construction Update

February Fiber Construction Update: We are pleased to announce that BARC and its contractors have received a date to complete four railroad crossings necessary to complete construction in the Cornwall East / Irish Creek / Nature Camp / South River...

January 27, 2022

BARC Continues Efforts to Mitigate COVID

January 27, 2022 Contact: Tish Blackwell, 800-846-2272 (tblackwell@barcelectric.com) BARC Lobby to be Closed to the Public until Further Notice Millboro, VA -As part of BARC’s efforts to mitigate exposure and transmission of the COVID virus, the cooperative has made the...

December 28, 2021

Broadband Expansion for Rockbridge County Moving Forward

Broadband Expansion for Rockbridge County Moving Forward Fiber construction will continue despite VATI announcement Rockbridge County, VA – In September 2021 Rockbridge County, in partnership with BARC Electric Cooperative (BARC) and the Rockbridge Area Network Authority (RANA) applied for $10,850,750...

November 15, 2021

November 2021 Fiber Construction Update

The holiday season is upon us and we are grateful for our staff, consumers and the progress we have made this year with fiber construction. Though we have faced some obstacles and challenges, it has not stopped our momentum towards...

September 29, 2021

Phone Service Disruption

As you are very aware, there has been an ongoing issue with BARC’s phone service platform that began on Saturday, September 25, 2021. The phone service disruption is part of a larger issue impacting major US carrier and retail communications...

September 27, 2021

September 2021 Fiber Construction Update

It’s hard to believe we are nearing the end of the year and fall has arrived. Our crews and contractors have been working non-stop across several areas to construct 500 miles of fiber in 2021. We have run into delays...

September 26, 2021

PHONE OUTAGE -September 25, 2021

UPDATE...as of 9:56 pm: Alianza is continuing to work on the phone outage issue impacting our consumers phone service. Alianza has informed us that this is a nationwide outage caused by a Bandwidth outage impacting their platform. At this time,...

August 30, 2021

August 31st: Scheduled TV Maintenance Activity

BARC Connects TV Subscribers: Our video partner will be conducting a maintenance activity on Tuesday, August 31st between 12:00 am and 4:00 am to replace cabling for some of their receivers. The following channels will be impacted during this time:...

June 30, 2021

June 2021 Fiber Construction Update

Summer temps are heating up just like our many broadband project areas on the schedule for 2021. As we communicated earlier this year, we have an ambitious project schedule to construct 500 miles of fiber and we are diligently working...

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