Sally Doty talks about expanding broadband internet

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Sally Doty, director of the Mississippi Office of Broadband Expansion, stresses the importance of people logging on to www.broadbandms.com, or calling or texting “The Internet” to 601-439-2535 to report inadequate or non-existent Internet service. The data gathered from this will be used to determine how much federal money Mississippi receives to expand broadband internet service.

Read more: Bad or no internet service in your home? The state wants to help you with data and mapping

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By Jeff Bender, Mississippi Today
January 9, 2023

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Jeff Bender serves as a senior political correspondent, working closely with Mississippi Today’s leadership on editorial strategy and investigations. Bender brings 30 years of political and government reporting experience to Mississippi today. He was a political and investigative editor at Clarion-Ledger, where he also wrote a popular political column. He previously worked as an investigative reporter and political editor for the Sun Herald, where he was on the Pulitzer Prize-winning panel for Hurricane Katrina. Originally from Florence, Mississippi, he is a journalism graduate from the University of Southern Mississippi and has received numerous awards throughout his career for reporting, columns, and freedom of information efforts.

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