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On the recordMarch 22, 2023
Is that type of a model still available for broadband when we can't get the big guys to go because they say, well it is not-- there is no return on investment, so why are you forcing me to go up this hollers, or down this road here, and there is only five people?
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin questions the feasibility of broadband models in low-return areas.

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