Share this article Share this article RIDGELAND, Miss., April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A two-year research effort led by Mississippi-based C Spire to identify ways to bridge the rural broadband "digital divide" has concluded that the key to resolving the vexing access problem is to pursue cooperative technology, financial and partnership efforts as an industry. A two-year research effort led by Mississippi-based C Spire to identify ways to bridge the rural broadband “digital divide” has concluded that the key to resolving the vexing access problem is to pursue cooperative technology, financial and partnership efforts as an industry. "We weren't just interested in technical solutions to the rural broadband challenge" - Alan Jones, SVP, C Spire