Rural Telecom Group Cheers GOP Plank On Broadband

"We applaud Republican leaders for recognizing the importance of broadband connectivity to rural communities, and for supporting the public-private partnerships that provide a positive return to American citizens and are critical to the deployment of broadband-capable networks in hard-to-serve rural areas," National Telecommunications Cooperative Association Vice President of Government Affairs Tom Wacker said. "Our nation can only sustain and build upon this success, however, if these public-private partnerships continue and there is predictable and sufficient universal service support going forward such as this platform contemplates."