Mississippi awarded nearly 32 million dollars for broadband infrastructure expansion
Published on Tuesday, March 1, 2022
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded nearly $32.7 million to the State of Mississippi for broadband infrastructure expansion in ten counties throughout the state. As a result of these grants, which are a part of the Broadband Infrastructure Program, broadband will be brought to 12,487 underserved households across Mississippi.
The list of projects funded as a result of the grant is below:
Project Name | County | Corrected Amount |
Bay Springs Smith County | Smith County | $ 5,507,845.20 |
Bruce Telephone | Calhoun County | $ 7,625,076.17 |
C Spire Issaquena | Issaquena County | $ 894,780.00 |
C Spire Madison County | Madison County | $ 625,500.00 |
CableSouth Media 3 Collins | Covington County | $ 1,755,000.00 |
Franklin Telephone | Lincoln County | $ 5,326,250.40 |
MaxxSouth New Albany | Benton/Union County | $ 3,072,303.78 |
MaxxSouth Pontotoc | Pontotoc County | $ 1,693,345.18 |
Uplink Coahoma | Coahome County | $ 4,859,330.58 |
We Connect Calhoun County | Calhoun County | $ 1,336,901.24 |
Total | | $32,696,332.5 |
“Providing more Mississippians with broadband access is integral to the future of our State,” said Mississippi Public Utilities Staff Executive Director Sally Burchfield Doty. “Students, small businesses, and increasingly healthcare providers need broadband connectivity to participate in today’s digital world. The Public Utilities Staff, working with Senator Wicker, Senator Hyde-Smith, and Governor Reeves, partnered with 8 local providers to expand broadband access to thousands of Mississippians in some of the most rural parts of our State.”
(Source: Y’all Politics)
