C Spire sues Lowndes for allegedly violating internet agreement
C Spire Fiber has filed a lawsuit against Lowndes County over the county’s alleged violation of a franchise agreement the two entities signed in 2019 allowing C Spire to lay fiber optic cables and provide internet to parts of the county.
Elm Lake, three other neighborhoods to get fiber optic internet
C Spire has chosen the first four areas of Lowndes County and Columbus to lay fiber optic infrastructure and begin the process of bringing gigabit internet service to the county.
Fiber internet coming to Lowndes County
C Spire is slated to bring gigabit internet to homeowners and businesses throughout Lowndes County.
Lowndes County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved its franchise agreement with C Spire during its regular meeting Thursday morning in an effort to increase high-speed internet access to rural areas.
MSU, C Spire partner to test state’s first terabit network
C Spire and Mississippi State University have recently announced the successful testing of the state’s first terabit-speed network connection.
MSU, C Spire launch software development curriculum
Mississippi State University’s Center for Cyber Education has taken its first step in helping move the state toward a K-12 computer science curriculum.
C Spire adjusting residential fiber marketing strategy in Starkville
Telecommunications provider C Spire is adjusting its Fiber to the Home marketing plan three years after launching a pre-registration program aimed at generating interest in its 1-gigabit residential internet service and securing new customers in Starkville and other Mississippi cities.
County investments materialize in 2014 as Oktibbeha readies for industrial park
Oktibbeha County’s improving economy can be informally measured by a number of new buildings reaching to the sky and workers turning dirt at bustling projects, but the sale of bonds for the area’s best bet for significant economic development — a new industrial park — won’t occur until next year.
Here’s a look at five of Oktibbeha County’s biggest economic development stories from 2014:
C Spire activates South Montgomery ‘fiberhood’
Former Starkville Chief Administrative Officer Lynn Spruill spent Tuesday night surfing the Internet as the city’s first resident to experience C Spire’s Fiber to the Home initiative.
Fourth Starkville ‘fiberhood’ qualifies for C Spire service
Four Starkville “fiberhoods” are now qualified for engineering and construction efforts associated with C Spire’s upcoming fiber optic, residential Internet service, and a spokesperson says the company could soon announce a service turn-on date for two city neighborhoods.
C Spire looks to residential areas for cell towers
A wireless provider seeking more favorable location guidelines for cell tower sites in Columbus will have to wait until next month to find out if its request will be granted.
Cotton District, downtown qualify for new Internet service
Starkville’s Cotton District/Downtown/Historic Central “fiberhood” has qualified for C Spire’s high-speed, fiber optic Internet service that promises a 1 gigabit up-and-down connection for residential users, the company announced Thursday.
Starkville, C Spire tech relationship continues to bloom
Starkville and C Spire officials continued building upon a dynamic partnership Tuesday when aldermen approved a telecommunications contract for Internet services at the new city hall under construction at the end of Main Street.
Timbercove neighborhood closing in on C Spire fiber qualification
Today, Starkville’s Timber Cove/College Station/Polos neighborhood could become the city’s second area eligible for C Spire’s upcoming high-speed, residential Internet service.
Starkville neighborhood qualifies for new C Spire service
Starkville’s South Montgomery neighborhood became one of three Mississippi communities to qualify for C Spire’s high-speed, residential Internet program Monday.
Volunteers going door to door in C Spire fiber push
Starkville’s 10 potential “fiberhoods” are all well below the sign-up requirement to become Mississippi’s first recipient of C Spire’s Fiber to the Home program, but a local group of volunteers are going door to door in an effort to earn the distinction before eight other towns qualify.
C Spire to acquire Alabama communication firm
C Spire has announced plans to acquire Callis Communications, which provides cloud-based unified communications as a service for businesses.
C Spire rolls out 10 Starkville ‘fiberhoods’
Starkville’s quest to become one of the first gigabit cities in Mississippi took another step forward Wednesday as C Spire began pre-registration efforts for its upcoming Fiber to the Home high-speed Internet service.
C Spire breaks ground on Starkville data center
C Spire ceremonially broke ground Monday on a $20 million data-processing facility at Mississippi State University’s Thad Cochran Research Park.
Starkville is C Spire fiber Internet finalist
Starkville is one of nine Mississippi communities now vying to become the first recipient of C Spire’s high-speed Internet roll-out program, company officials announced Monday in Ridgeland.
Wallace hints at more economic development traction in Oktibbeha
Many officials predicted C Spire’s $22 million investment would spur other local initiatives, but Oktibbeha County Economic Development Authority President Jack Wallace told supervisors Monday that economic developers are in the process of trying to land the area’s next big investment.
Wallace delivered his remarks while presenting his agency’s $766,430 budget to the Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors. OCEDA’s budget was previously approved by the Starkville Board of Aldermen last week.