From: telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org   
      
   By Lazaro Aleman   
      
   It seems that the long planned joint venture between local officials   
   and CenturyLink to expand broadband service to remote areas of the   
   county is pretty much off the table, if a recent board discussion is   
   any indication.   
      
   On Thursday evening, May 20, Melissa Beaudry, a public affairs   
   consultant with Langton Consulting in Jacksonville, held a Zoom   
   meeting with Jefferson County commissioners on the status of the   
   CenturyLink broadband project.  Langton Consulting is on contract to   
   the county to help it find grants and also with the use of the RESTORE   
   Act funding from the 2010 BP oil spill disaster.  Beaudry told the   
   commissioners that she and County Attorney Scott Shirley had been   
   meeting with representatives of CenturyLink over concerns that the   
   latter continued to have with the contract, and more specifically with   
   the federal funding.   
      
   https://ecbpublishing.com/county-and-centurylink-part-ways/   
      
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