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Access to quality broadband has never been more important, for online learning, working from home and remote health care. But Mississippi lags behind most of the nation in high-speed internet access.
AARP Mississippi is working to advance policies that would expand broadband access and is holding a telephone town hall on the subject on Wednesday, June 16, at 6 p.m.
Go to aarp.org/ms and click on the registration link to sign up. The day of the event, people who have registered will receive a reminder call.
Mississippi ranks 42nd in the nation in access to quality broadband, according to BroadbandNow, due to low average download speeds. A 2019 federal government report found that 79.6 percent of Mississippians have internet access but only 62.6 percent of rural areas have it.