Historically, the electrical utilities didn't want to build infrastructure in rural areas either. It was the Rural Electrification Act as part of FDR's New Dea

Historically, the electrical utilities didn't want to build infrastructure in rural areas either. It was the Rural Electrification Act as part of FDR's New Deal that set up non profit electrical coops to bring power to the most rural areas of America. Mississippi has seen progress in building out internet infrastructure in the most under served rural areas by: 1.) Changing the law to enable the non-profit electrical coops set up under FDR's Rural Electrification Act to offer broadband service using Fiber to the Home. 2.) Taking some of the funding from the initial COVID relief funding and offering it as matching grants to those coops to get the ball rolling. >How coronavirus stimulus funds helped one state create a 'broadband miracle' https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/how-coronavirus-stimulus-funds-helped-one-state-create-a-broadband-miracle/ https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/how-coronavirus-stimulus-...