AT&T Is Abandoning Tens of Thousands of American Households in the Deep South Who Have No Other Internet Access Option

Date: 8 Oct 2020 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

AT&T has stopped making connections to users subscribing to its DSL Internet as of October 1st. The most conservative number of those affected by the decision will be about 80,000 households that have no other option.… Read More

Mississippi Electric Co-ops Kick Broadband Projects Into High Gear With Covid Relief Funds

Date: 20 Aug 2020 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Less than two years after Mississippi lifted its ban on electric cooperative broadband networks, at least 15 of the 25 co-ops in the state have announced plans to provide Internet access to members, with more on the way.… Read More

Mississippi Law Change Would Enable Electric Cooperatives to Offer Broadband

Date: 30 Nov 2018 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

When it comes to high-quality Internet access, the big corporate ISPs have failed rural Mississippi. Other states with similar digital divide issues are starting to see rural electric cooperatives make efforts to connect members. In some places, legislatures have adjusted state laws that complicated co-ops’ ability to deploy fiber optic infrastructure. Now, the Public Service Commission (PSC) in Mississippi has formally requested that state lawmakers update an antiquated statute to allow rural electric cooperatives to expand high-quality Internet access.… Read More

Environmental Justice & Local Activism, A Conversation with NAACP Leader Jacqui Patterson (Episode 38)

Jacqui Patterson, the director of the NAACP’s Environmental and Climate Justice Program, talks with ILSR’s Neil Seldman and Nick Stumo-Langer about the practical implications of environmental justice.… Read More

After Gutting the Gulf, BP Funds Pave Path to Better Broadband

Date: 21 Oct 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Communities along Mississippi’s Gulf coast have recently suffered through disasters both natural and not, from Hurricane Katrina to BP’s Deepwater Horizon blowout and aftermath. But they are investing some of the relief funds into infrastructure of the future to help recover. Biloxi and Gulfport city officials recently passed resolutions approving an intergovernmental agreement to bring better connectivity … Read More

Reuse Based Enterprises

Date: 2 Mar 2015 | posted in: waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Every city, county, and state must think about waste. For most it is a headache, but for a growing number of forward-thinking locales it is a boon for economic development. If your community is interested in green jobs, the discard stream is a logical place to start. When handled properly, the items in the discard stream … Read More