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A national priority: Bridging the digital divide in Mississippi

How Billy ‘Blue’ Cleveland came out of retirement to answer the call for broadband expansion

Madison Devin
Billy ‘Blue’ Cleveland and his wife Tammy came out of retirement to found Dynasty Construction Services to help bring universal broadband connectivity to their local area

Billy ‘Blue’ Cleveland and his wife Tammy came out of retirement to found Dynasty Construction Services to help bring universal broadband connectivity to their local area | Credits: Vermeer

The Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Programme, part of the 2021 Federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), addresses the digital divide with a substantial fund of US$42.45 billion....

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