Nothing swells a southern college town’s pride and population like a home football game in the fall. But riding shotgun with those tens of thousands of fans is a bevy of mobile devices that all need to connect to a wireless network.

One of Alabama’s best-kept secrets lies in the hills just 15 miles northeast of Birmingham, the state’s largest city and an industrial center that has reinvented itself as a hub for bio-technology, medical research and banking.

As the eighth-fastest-growing city in Alabama, Trussville posted an impressive 31 percent growth in the last decade alone. Now, efforts to solidify its strength as a world-class community has led city leaders to commit to supporting the construction of the internet of the future—built on incredibly fast and resilient fiber optics—to serve its 26,000 residents.

Still hanging onto a flip phone or early-generation iPhone? If your mobile device is more than a few years old, there’s a good chance it uses a 3G cellular network. And if that sounds like you, now is the time to upgrade your device.

As part of our mission to bring broadband fiber internet to more communities in Alabama, we recently began construction on a 243-mile-long fiber-optic cable route that will connect Meridian, Mississippi to Homewood, Alabama.

Hitting the open road isn’t the only way to enjoy some me-time. Staycations can be just as relaxing and fun. Like most things, it is what you make it—and we’ve rounded up a few mobile apps that can help you make it awesome.

C Spire System Analyst Jeana Smith is known for being efficient. Her motto? Work smarter, not harder.

When she recently tackled the tedious task of pulling together data for an extensive research report, she did it in typical Jeana fashion.