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Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative (MEC) and its subsidiary, EMPOWER Broadband, along with four other electric cooperatives in Virginia and Maryland, are excited to announce the creation of an innovative association of
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Third grade teacher Brandy Watts meets with her class over video call for the first day of remote learning at Rockfish River Elementary School in Nelson County on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. Kendall Warner/The News & Advance
By JUSTIN FAULCONER
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AMHERST â In nearly two decades of living at her current home in Amherst County, Monica Dean said her massive struggles with affordable high-speed internet access make her feel like she and her husband have been left behind.
The retired couple lives in the Bobwhite Road area of the county, where the internet is slow, unreliable and costly when itâs even working, she said, and theyâve dealt with high cellphone bills.
âIf I had known about these problems when I moved here, we would not be living in Amherst County today,â Dean said. âI feel like the entire county has been left behind, and its children are going to suffer because of it.â
Virginia county works to fill gaps in broadband service chron.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chron.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.