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Jackson County committee authorizes letters of support for BEAD broadband applications
Summary
The General Government Committee voted unanimously to authorize letters of support for multiple broadband providers pursuing BEAD funding to expand high-speed service to nearly 13,000 eligible locations in Jackson County.
Jackson County’s General Government Committee on March 10 voted unanimously to authorize letters of support for multiple internet providers applying for federal BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment) grant funding.
The action clears the way for Comcast, 123-Net, Midwest Energy & Communications (MEC), Frontier and other vendors to include county support as they finalize BEAD applications due April 9. IT staff said the combined proposals would address almost all of the county’s roughly 13,000…
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