BOLTON, MISSISSIPPI – Today, United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) estimated thousands of Mississippians will gain access to high-speed broadband through the Commission's Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction. Following is a list of winning bidders, number of homes and businesses to be served, and total support for 10 years in Mississippi, by county: County | Bidder | Locations/Residents | Support | Attala | Connect Everyone LLC | 2,688 | $12,154,964 | Attala | Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | 1,158 | $2,144,877 | | ATTALA, MS TOTAL | 3,846 | $14,299,841 | Bolivar | NexTier Consortium | 1,228 | $3,794,476 | Bolivar | Rural Electric Cooperative Consortium | 914 | $3,971,669 | Bolivar | Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | 7 | $4,518 | | BOLIVAR, MS TOTAL | 2,149 | $7,770,663 | Carroll | Rural Electric Cooperative Consortium | 3,227 | $14,459,058 | | CARROLL, MS TOTAL | 3,227 | $14,459,058 | Claiborne | Rural Electric Cooperative Consortium | 752 | $2,421,948 | Claiborne | Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | 14 | $2,844 | | CLAIBORNE, MS TOTAL | 766 | $2,424,792 | Coahoma | NexTier Consortium | 1,839 | $4,790,118 | Coahoma | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | 78 | $23,166 | Coahoma | Windstream Services LLC, Debtor-In-Possession | 244 | $1,211,946 | | COAHOMA, MS TOTAL | 2,161 | $6,025,230 | Copiah | Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. | 1,807 | $3,644,857 | Copiah | Rural Electric Cooperative Consortium | 966 | $3,072,342 | Copiah | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | 830 | $864,994 | Copiah | Windstream Services LLC, Debtor-In-Possession | 1,110 | $2,185,588 | | COPIAH, MS TOTAL | 4,713 | $9,767,781 | Grenada | RDOF USA Consortium | 167 | $276,732 | Grenada | Rural Electric Cooperative Consortium | 970 | $2,982,780 | Grenada | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | 138 | $156,788 | | GRENADA, MS TOTAL | 1,275 | $3,416,300 | Hinds | Connect Everyone LLC | 157 | $649,560 | Hinds | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | 3,246 | $3,450,020 | Hinds | Windstream Services LLC, Debtor-In-Possession | 230 | $643,573 | | HINDS, MS TOTAL | 3,633 | $4,743,153 | Holmes | Connect Everyone LLC | 377 | $1,763,277 | Holmes | Rural Electric Cooperative Consortium | 2,419 | $8,890,568 | Holmes | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | 56 | $29,524 | | HOLMES, MS TOTAL | 2,852 | $10,683,369 | Humphreys | NexTier Consortium | 1,317 | $6,497,851 | | HUMPHREYS, MS TOTAL | 1,317 | $6,497,851 | Issaquena | NexTier Consortium | 402 | $2,449,680 | | ISSAQUENA, MS TOTAL | 402 | $2,449,680 | Jefferson | Rural Electric Cooperative Consortium | 1,507 | $6,846,594 | | JEFFERSON, MS TOTAL | 1,507 | $6,846,594 | Leake | Commnet Wireless, LLC | 655 | $477,116 | | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | 3,556 | $4,341,008 | | LEAKE, MS TOTAL | 4,211 | $4,818,124 | Leflore | Rural Electric Cooperative Consortium | 1,105 | $7,179,102 | Leflore | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | 65 | $38,406 | | LEFLORE, MS TOTAL | 1,170 | $7,217,508 | Madison | Connect Everyone LLC | 140 | $579,225 | Madison | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | 1,706 | $2,795,172 | | MADISON, MS TOTAL | 1,846 | $3,374,397 | Montgomery | Rural Electric Cooperative Consortium | 1.096 | $5,269,038 | Montgomery | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | 10 | $10,279 | | MONTGOMERY, MS TOTAL | 1,106 | $5,279,317 | Panola | RDOF USA Consortium | 3,266 | $7,195,530 | Panola | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | 77 | $79,202 | | PANOLA, MS TOTAL | 3,343 | $7,274,732 | Quitman | NexTier Consortium | 747 | $4,172,522 | Quitman | RDOF USA Consortium | 392 | $406,212 | Quitman | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | 138 | $88,821 | | QUITMAN, MS TOTAL | 1,270 | $4,667,555 | Sharkey | NexTier Consortium | 560 | $2,632,338 | | SHARKEY, MS TOTAL | 560 | $2,632,338 | Sunflower | NexTier Consortium | 219 | $1,108,916 | Sunflower | Rural Electric Cooperative Consortium | 1,226 | $6,327,360 | | SUNFLOWER, MS TOTAL | 1,445 | $7,436,276 | Tallahatchie | RDOF USA Consortium | 1,710 | $5,740,707 | Tallahatchie | Rural Electric Cooperative Consortium | 406 | $1,487,568 | Tallahatchie | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | 11 | $18,186 | | TALLAHATCHIE, MS TOTAL | 2,127 | $7,246,461 | Tunica | NexTier Consortium | 1,128 | $5,366,252 | Tunica | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | 1 | $4,596 | | TUNICA, MS TOTAL | 1,129 | $5,370,848 | Warren | Connect Everyone LLC | 260 | $1,197,848 | Warren | Rural Electric Cooperative Consortium | 85 | $503,616 | Warren | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | 316 | $514,640 | | WARREN, MS TOTAL | 661 | $2,216,104 | Washington | NexTier Consortium | 1,266 | $6,188,371 | Washington | Rural Electric Cooperative Consortium | 33 | $115,392 | Washington | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | 4 | $5,244 | | WASHINGTON, MS TOTAL | 1,303 | $6,309,007 | Yalobusha | RDOF USA Consortium | 1,685 | $4,627,302 | | YALOBUSHA, MS TOTAL | 1,685 | $4,627,302 | Yazoo | Connect Everyone LLC | 326 | $511,480 | Yazoo | NexTier Consortium | 2,987 | $8,169,385 | Yazoo | Rural Electric Cooperative Consortium | 129 | $270,588 | Yazoo | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | 8 | $5,704 | | YAZOO, MS TOTAL | 3,450 | $8,957,157 |
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