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Melissa Ratcliff: “Laying fiber in the ground is the most expensive part of…”

Featuring: Melissa Ratcliff, Democratic | Wisconsin Senate, 16th District

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And our rural areas are the ones that are really lacking the ability to have access to the Internet because Laying fiber in the ground is the most expensive part of expanding broadband. And our rural areas have houses that are far apart. And so that's why it costs more and why broadband hasn't been in those places. (09:03–09:11)

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Asserts that the costliest aspect of broadband expansion is laying fiber.

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