Pontotoc Electric Power Officials spoke to a capacity crowd of some 600 people in the Pontotoc Jr. High Auditorium last Thursday night laying out what it will cost to bring broadband to the entire Pontotoc Electric customer base.
Director Church Howell went over the questions that are on the survey that was sent out with the Mississippi Today Magazine.
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