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Roger Wicker: “Right now, you have 27.8 percent of the population without broadband, but more importantly, 50.2 percent of the…”

On the recordMay 14, 2018
Right now, you have 27.8 percent of the population without broadband, but more importantly, 50.2 percent of the population is in rural areas.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Senator Wicker highlights broadband access issues in Mississippi.

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