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Tom Wheeler: Telephone access on tribal lands still lags far behind the rest of the country.

On the recordMarch 26, 2014
Telephone access on tribal lands still lags far behind the rest of the country.
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Tom Wheeler

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Tom Wheeler highlights the digital divide in Native American communities.

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