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18.59 min
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Intermediate
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11th or 12th
This is unfortunate and this needs to be addressed.
Craig S.:
But because the initial flashpoints for the pandemic were in Chicago, New York, and other major urban areas, all of a sudden now the lack of broadband in urban America was front and center.
We're not talking about something that I think in many views was more a rural America conversation point, to everybody from coast-to-coast.
Broadband for Urban and Rural Communities
Craig S.:
I would say that when I got into this community broadband business in 2005, there was no distinction between rural and urban.
Our guest today is a long-time and well-known veteran of the communications world who provides broadband and telehealth strategy consulting, helping communities improve economic development, healthcare delivery, education, and local government operations.
People were getting sicker and people were dying at greater rates in the African American communities than in other groups.
Craig S.:
Partly this is due to the poor quality of healthcare that these communities receive, and so the discussion went very quickly to the urban needs.
You were very much on the cusp of what within just a few months would be a crushing need for telehealth.
Craig S.:
I started focusing on telehealth, initially because of a personal issue – I had a stroke and telehealth was the factor in my treatment and in my recovery.
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