History made as Mississippi closes the digital divide
Huge progress is being made to close the digital divide in Mississippi. Internet service has become as important today as electricity was in the...
Tag : broadband
C Spire invests $1 billion to speed deployment of 5G, fiber broadband in Mississippi & Alabama
by Andi Davis
C Spire is ramping up an unprecedented growth project with a $1 billion investment over the next three years. This is the largest capital spend...
Healthcare, small businesses, and education are legislature’s priorities
With $300 million of the $1.25 billion granted to the state of Mississippi under the CARES Act already set aside for small businesses, Lieutenant Governor...
Wicker, Farm Bureau question FCC broadband coverage map
Earlier this week, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker convened the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation for a hearing to consider the current state of...
House bill aims to bring broadband to rural areas
Earlier this week, the Mississippi House of Representatives took a step toward improving rural broadband access in the state. A bill authored by Speaker of...
Sen. Wicker endorses President Trump’s support of rural broadband expansion
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, has announced his support for President Trump’s commitment to promoting...
Wicker joins bipartisan broadband bill
U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) have introduced the Rural Wireless Access Act of...
Senators push efforts to close rural broadband gap
by Sarah Ulmer
WASHINGTON- U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., reached out to the new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai asking him to consider prioritizing...
Senator Wicker joins others in effort to expand broadband to rural areas
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., penned a letter to the Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler which asked for...
A New Highway Bill in DC Set to Help Improve the Roads You Drive On
by kim
WASHINGTON, D.C.–You’ve probably heard that the highways and bridges across America are in decay and some of Mississippi’s are a fine example. A bill being...