AT&T will provide records after a government subpoena
Major telecommunications conglomerate AT&T has agreed to provide the state of Mississippi records detailing how it used the almost $284 million it was paid by the federal government to expand internet access in the state.
CMSD, CLW officially agree to set up internet hot spots
At its regular meeting Monday, Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees unanimously approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Columbus Light and Water to provide free internet access for students at their homes.
4-County weighs broadband in light of new legislation
When the Mississippi Legislature took up a bill that would allow the state’s electric cooperatives to provide broadband service to its customers, the term “high speed” was the operative word — in more ways than one.
Electric co-ops get local support for providing broadband
Counties across the state are signing resolutions in favor of what one local supervisor calls a “game changer” — allowing electric cooperatives to provide high-speed broadband internet.
Brandon Presley: Rural Mississippians deserve internet service
Ask any elected official in Mississippi if people living in rural areas deserve the same quality of life as people living in cities and you will probably get a quick “yes” but, that isn’t what current state policy says.
Presley plans to push for electric co-ops to bring internet to rural Mississippi
In 1935, in the back room of McPeters Furniture store in Corinth, a handful of residents devised a plan that reshaped rural America.
Up until then, electricity was almost exclusively a benefit of living in cities and the big city utility companies showed no interest in absorbing the cost of extending electricity to sparsely-populated areas.
Your internet use could change as ‘net neutrality’ ends
Your ability to watch and use your favorite apps and services could start to change — though not right away — following the official demise Monday of Obama-era internet protections.
County OKs franchise agreement with MaxxSouth
Oktibbeha County could get up to $30,000 per year in additional revenue as a result of a franchise agreement supervisors recently approved with MaxxSouth.
House sends bill to Trump blocking online privacy regulation
Congress has sent President Donald Trump legislation that would kill an online privacy regulation, a move that could eventually allow internet providers such as Comcast, AT&T and Verizon to sell the browsing habits of their customers.
In world of internet-enabled things, US says security needed
The Obama administration urged companies on Tuesday to make millions of devices safe from hacking, underscoring the risks posed by an increasingly bewildering array of internet-connected products permeating daily life, covering everything from fitness trackers to computers in automobiles.
