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Glenn Thompson: “COVID-19 laid bare the urgency of rural broadband, but the connectivity struggles in rural communities predate this…”

On the recordApril 19, 2021
COVID-19 laid bare the urgency of rural broadband, but the connectivity struggles in rural communities predate this pandemic.
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Glenn Thompson
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Thompson emphasizes that the need for rural broadband existed before the pandemic.

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