C Spire Works with Entergy Mississippi On $11 Million Broadband Project in the State

C Spire, Entergy Mississippi, and the Mississippi Public Service Commission commemorated the completion of a project that will bring advanced broadband services to rural Mississippians. The $11 million project took 18 months to complete. It spans more than 300 miles in 15 counties and is aimed at helping to meet the state’s education and healthcare needs. It also will modernize Energy Mississippi’s grid infrastructure by enabling a modern communications network interconnecting that infrastructure. The project included drilling 40 feet under a lake bottom to connect a 6,585-foot section between Highway 43 on the southeast end of the reservoir and Pipeline Road on the northwest side of the lake. The span is the longest in C Spire’s history.