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Dixie Electric awarded funding to help continue broadband expansion Dixie Electric awarded funding to help continue broadband expansion By Branden Walker | April 9, 2021 at 9:15 PM CDT - Updated April 9 at 10:20 PM LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) - Friday was a historic day for Dixie Electric as the company was awarded funding to continue its high-speed internet expansion to rural areas. Chairman Dane Maxwell of the Mississippi Public Service Commission signed and approved $21.7 Million for the DE FastLink Project. “This is our time in history to bring forth the technology, high-speed internet th...

High-speed internet coming to over 51,000 PRVEPA members High-speed internet coming to over 51,000 PRVEPA members - PKG By Caroline Wood | April 5, 2021 at 9:22 PM CDT - Updated April 5 at 10:29 PM COLUMBIA, Miss. (WDAM) - Mississippi Public Service Commission Chairman Dane Maxwell issued final documents to PearlComm LLC Monday. Maxwell’s signature marks the allocation of $25.7 million from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. The fund brings access to high-speed internet service to over 51,000 Pearl River Valley Electric Power Association members across 12 counties. “It’s as big of...

CoastConnect gets $7.8 million to provide internet to rural areas CoastConnect gets $7.8 million to provide internet to rural areas By Andrés Fuentes | April 5, 2021 at 6:22 PM CDT - Updated April 5 at 7:04 PM KILN, Miss. (WLOX) - Across Mississippi, efforts are underway to provide high-tech internet service to some of the state’s most underserved communities. “Mississippi is always last in a lot of areas, but we won’t be this time,” said Mississippi Public Service Commissioner for the Southern District Dane Maxwell. Excitement was in the air Monday after CoastCon...

Chairman Dane Maxwell of the Mississippi Public Service Commission on Monday joined leadership and staff from CoastConnect, LLC, a subsidiary of Coast Electric Power Association, to sign an order releasing $7.8 million to bring high-speed Internet to Hancock, Harrison and Pearl River counties. “I am honored for the opportunity to sign off on projects like this that bring such a huge benefit to the people of Mississippi,” Chairman Dane Maxwell said. “With the help of this federal funding, CoastConnect will be able to provide high-speed internet to its customers who may ...

Mississippi’s Public Service Commission announced Wednesday an immediate review of the state’s public utility infrastructure in light of the disastrous power outages across the country with the recent winter weather.