You know, today is really a once in a lifetime day for West Virginia and for many people across the state. I wanted to formally announce that Our statewide broadband development plan [is] intended to connect more than 73,000 unserved or underserved West Virginians to high speed Internet. This is a really big, big thing. I want to put this in context for just a moment. A lot of the purpose behind the BEAD program was to make sure that all the locations in West Virginia get connected. (00:19–00:32)
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