PRVEPA launching Internet service for customers PRVEPA is partnering with rural fiber-optic network design and construction management company Conexon to design, launch and build the broadband network. (Source: Pearl River Valley Electric Power Association) By Renaldo Hopkins | January 14, 2021 at 10:23 AM CST - Updated January 14 at 10:23 AM COLUMBIA, Miss. (WDAM) - Pearl River Valley Electric Power Association is launching a fiber-to-the-home network to serve all of its 51,000 members in its service territory. The Internet service will provide broadband speed and capabilities, as well as phone service. PRVEPA’s 5-year deployment will cover 4,700 miles of fiber and all 12 counties served by the co-op. Fiber construction is expected to start in summer 2021, with the first members connected by the third quarter of 2021.