Cullman Electric was one of the first cooperatives to be formed in the state—second out of a total of 22 co-ops—and was the first to provide electricity to its members. Now, 85 years later, Cullman is paving another path—launching the Sprout Fiber Internet broadband service to its customers. Ciena’s middle mile aggregation solution addressed Cullman Electric’s challenges to deliver scalable rural broadband internet services for its community.