Chairman Pai Visits Arkansas to Push Rural Internet

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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, who said his top priority is closing the digital divide in rural America, was close to ground zero of that divide in Arkansas on April 7.

Chairman Pai met for about an hour in Little Rock (AR) with state telecommunications executives and state and local officials to discuss his agency's efforts to extend high-speed Internet access to rural areas and then met more briefly with reporters to discuss the issue. "We really had an energizing meeting with a variety of companies and state and local agencies about rural broadband," Chairman Pai said. "To me, at least, I think there is a universal passion around this country, around this issue because...broadband is increasingly important in American life for telemedicine, or educating kids or making sure we get the most productive use out of our farmland. Broadband is vital to those things."


Chairman Pai Visits Arkansas to Push Rural Internet