🎉 Ben Lomand Connect Celebrates Greg McCaskey's 26-Year Career and Retirement

Greg McCaskey’s quarter-century with Ben Lomand Connect represents the kind of steady, skilled work that keeps rural telecommunications infrastructure running across Middle Tennessee. His retirement marks a significant milestone for the cooperative and a new chapter for a Sparta native who spent his career building and maintaining the fiber-optic networks that connect communities throughout the region.

📍 A Career Built on Service

McCaskey began his journey at Ben Lomand Connect in 2000 as a line worker, bringing hands-on expertise to the cooperative’s growing network. Over the next two decades, he advanced through several key roles-becoming a Construction Technician in 2002, then moving to Install/Repair work in his hometown of Sparta in 2003. By 2004, he had specialized in Cable/Fiber Technician work, a position he held for the remainder of his career. 🔧 His focus on fiber optics placed him at the heart of the cooperative’s modernization efforts, as rural broadband infrastructure became increasingly vital to regional economic development and quality of life.

⭐ Recognition and Community Impact

Ben Lomand Connect honored McCaskey’s contributions with a formal retirement ceremony held on Tuesday morning at the cooperative’s Outside Plant facility. The recognition reflects the cooperative’s culture of valuing long-term employees and acknowledging the technical expertise required to maintain reliable telecommunications service across the region. 💼 For residents and businesses in Sparta and surrounding areas who depend on fiber-optic connectivity, McCaskey’s work has been part of the invisible infrastructure that enables everything from remote work to telemedicine to small-business operations.

🌟 What’s Next

McCaskey joins Ben Lomand Connect‘s growing retiree family, a testament to the cooperative’s commitment to employee longevity and stability. His departure also underscores the ongoing need for skilled technicians in rural telecommunications-a field where experience and specialized knowledge remain essential as communities continue to upgrade and expand broadband access. ✨