JANUARY 2022

WE'RE NOW FOCUS BROADBAND

Since 1957, ATMC has connected Brunswick County to the world. First with telephone service, then cable TV, wireless, and internet. As we mark our 65th year of service, your cooperative is becoming newer than ever. Our mission is to provide you with the very best high-speed internet. In 2022, we’re beginning a multi-year, $100 million project to upgrade ALL of our Brunswick County members to fiber optic delivered broadband. And as we evolve to bring you even better broadband, we’re changing our name to better reflect our future. ATMC is now FOCUS Broadband. And while our name is changing, our commitment to serving you with the very best customer service never will.

"The change in our corporate name reflects who we are today as we expand to serve more areas and as broadband becomes our core service offering," said Keith Holden, CEO. He added, "No matter how much growth we experience, our goal is to maintain the values we were founded on."

FOCUS Broadband will continue to operate as a cooperative in our original areas of Calabash, Ocean Isle Beach, Sunset Beach, Holden Beach, Boiling Spring Lakes and Shallotte. To learn more about the transition to FOCUS Broadband, visit focusbroadband.com.

OUR YEAR IN REVIEW

2021 was a year of great progress. Here are a few of our most important accomplishments from the past year:

• Changed our name from ATMC to FOCUS Broadband to better represent the future of our company as we make high-speed internet our number one priority.
• Made faster internet speeds of up to 600 Mbps available to more than 30,000 members.
• Announced a multi-year, $100 million-dollar upgrade project that will bring fiber optic delivered high-speed internet to every cooperative member.
• Gave back $2 million in Capital Credit refunds.
• Completed a project to bring high-speed internet to Fair Bluff using funds received from the NC GREAT Grant program.
• Began offering service in Robeson County.
• Started construction on a USDA ReConnect Grant Project to bring fiber optic high-speed internet to Tabor City, Hallsboro, Buckhead, and other unserved areas north of Whiteville.
• Made fiber optic service available to over 3,000 homes in Boiling Spring Lakes.
• Helped low income families impacted by the pandemic afford internet service by participating in the FCC's Emergency Broadband Benefit Program.
• Recognized as providing “Best Customer Service” by the Brunswick Beacon and the News Reporter in their annual reader’s choice awards.