06/19/2019
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"As a small businessperson for 34 years and a person who has lived the American dream, come from extraordinary poverty to being a very successful businessperson, there is nothing that has been a greate..."
"Rural businesses, however, while facing those challenges, also tend to face a different set of challenges, most notably, access to reliable and affordable broadband service."
"The lack of a solid business case for rural broadband deployment remains the central reason for what is often referred to as the 'digital divide'."
"If I may, just to fast forward that, with the change in 2018 November election, there was a decline in small business enthusiasm, almost coinciding with an election, coincidentally or not."