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Shelley Moore Capito: “You can drive down the side of one of our mountains and…”

Featuring: Shelley Moore Capito, Republican | U.S. Senate West Virginia

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Capito Participates in Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing on Broadband Funding

Published | Video Starts at 04:35

And I can answer Senator Kennedy's question for you on why you wouldn't do satellite everywhere. Does he have one mountain or valley in the state of Louisiana? I mean, you can, You can drive down the side of one of our mountains and totally lose any kind of line of sight on a satellite pretty quickly. I mean, we'd love. But I know the technology is moving much quicker and much faster than five years ago when we were first developing these plans. (04:35–04:44)

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Asserts that West Virginia's terrain can disrupt satellite line of sight.

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