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PALMYRA, Mo. â Northeast Power hosted their regional stakeholder meeting for broadband internet on Friday, bringing together broadband providers, representatives from different industries, and government officials who shared the goals of increasing broadband access for rural Missourians and improving internet affordability and speed.
Rep. Louis Riggs (R-5) said the variety of people who filled the meeting to capacity reflected the communityâs shared goal for improving internet access for rural Missourians. The COVID-19 pandemic âexacerbated, but also educatedâ, Riggs said, laying bare the fact that 23% of all students in Missouri were studying with less than a 25 megabit download/5 megabit upload speed. The latest goals are to get speeds to a 100/100 download/upload speed, and there are billions of dollars coming down through federal programs to help expand rural broadband access, improve affordability and speeds and address âurban desertsâ in Missouri
HANNIBAL â Palmyra City Council members discussed an annual increase for business licenses, citing several costs which have gone up since the $10 license fee was set in 1973.
City Clerk Deena Parsons said increased costs included the hourly rate for city employees, insurance changes, exemptions for self-employed residents and more time to process the applications if a document needs to be resubmitted. City Council members agreed to assess the amount of time and the increase in costs to determine a fee increase planned for the beginning of the calendar year.
In other business:
City Council members approved a one-year extension to the contract with Area Disposal for business and residential waste removal services.
Chariton Valley Switches to Ten-Digit Dialing for Local Calls y101radio.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from y101radio.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In accordance with a national order by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Chariton Valley will transition from seven- to 10-digit dialing for local calls.
The order, approved in July 2020, establishes 988 as the three-digit number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (NSPL). As a result, 84 area codes nationwide that currently use this prefix and seven-digit local dialing will transition to 10-digit dialing when calling local numbers.
To facilitate implementation, all Chariton Valley wireless and landline customers will dial 10 digits when making local calls.
Although not mandatory until November 1, 2021, the company encourages customers to be using this dialing practice immediately to become acclimated to the process, and to reset seven-digit preset local numbers to 10 digits.