Broadband Strategic Plan

The Mississippi Broadband Connect Coalition (MBCC) was formed in 2010 to develop the state’s first comprehensive plan for expanding the availability and use of broadband Internet. The 125-member public-private partnership met for almost 9 months to create “Mapping Mississippi’s Digital Future,” a long-term plan that makes specific recommendations on how to improve broadband usage across several policies including Education, Healthcare, Workforce Development, Government Performance and Public Safety. The plan also addresses barriers to further deployment of broadband in Mississippi as well as why broadband is not more widely used. Finally, the plan looks at ways to improve broadband access and adoption specifically within the Delta and the Tribal communities of the state.

This plan is only the first step. We look forward to the conversations it will lead to and the ways that local communities and business leaders, as well as our state leadership, will respond to advance this important issue.

To view the plan in its entirety, click here (Large PDF, 3.2 MB). Or click on the links below for specific recommendations from each area of discussion.

• Executive Summary
• Adoption Committee Recommendations
• Availability Committee Recommendations
• Education Committee Recommendations
• Government Performance and Public Safety Committee Recommendations
• Health IT Committee Recommendations
• Workforce Development Committee Recommendations
• The Delta Committee Recommendations
• Tribal Adoption and Access Committee Recommendations


• The Entire Document in Zipped PDF