For these folks, the number-one barrier to broadband adoption isn't price, but lack of access in the first place.
Tim Walberg: “For these folks, the number-one barrier to broadband adoption isn't price, but lack of access in the first place.”
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Walberg points out that access, not cost, is the main issue for rural broadband.
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