COMPANY IS EXPANDING BROADBAND
ACCESS FOR ALL COMMUNITIES OF
POLICY AT MANY CANDIDATES HAVE
TAKEN ON IN THE RACE TO THE
WHITE HOUSE TAKE A LOOK.
>>WE'RE HERE TALKING ABOUT
CONNECTIVITY ABOUT CONNECTING
AMERICA AND SOLVING THE DIGITAL
DIVIDE. IT'S URGENT NATIONAL
PROBLEM AS AN URGENT LOCAL
PROBLEM HERE IN IOWA. AND WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THE WORLD
RAISING AWARENESS AND IT'S
GETTING ON THE AGENDA OF THE
POLITICIANS AND WE'RE SO
EXCITED TO SEE THAT ACTUALLY A
NUMBER OF THE CANDIDATES COME
OUT TALKED ABOUT THE NEEDS ARE
JUST NEED TO QUICKLY COVERS THE
COUNTRY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS
YOU'RE TRYING TO TALK TO HIM I
WENT ABOUT HERE IS ACCESSED THE
FTC SAYS THERE'S A LOT MORE
ACCESS THAT YOU'RE FINDING TO
TALK ABOUT THAT DISCREPANCY
YEAH SO IT'S ACTUALLY AN
ASYMMETRIC LEE THAT PROBLEM
HERE I LOVE BECAUSE THE COUNTRY
IS BASICALLY ABOUT 50%
COVER IN TERMS OF PEOPLE WHO
USE BROADBAND AT SPEEDS OF
MICROSOFT DATA SHOWS A
162 MILLION PEOPLE AND THE
UNITED STATES USE INTERNET
BROADBAND SPEED. THE FCC WOULD
LET YOU THINK THAT ONLY
25 MILLION PEOPLE ARE
UNCOVERED. SO REALLY WE THINK
THAT THE PROBLEM IS
HALF OF THE COUNTRY. THE FCC
TELLS US ONLY A VERY VERY SMALL
FRACTION THE COUNTRY LIKE 5%
AND I WOULD THAT SITUATION IS
EVEN WORSE BECAUSE WHAT WE SEE
IN IOWA IS THAT
90 PER SE WILL HAVE YOU THINK
THAT 90% THE PEOPLE ARE COVERED
AND REALLY IT'S ONLY 30% OF
ISLANDS ARE ACCESSING THE
INTERNET AND BROADBAND SCHEME
WHAT WE HEAR FROM
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
>>A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT STATE
SOUTH CAROLINA, IOWA. WE HEAR
ABOUT IT FROM NEBRASKA IS THAT
PEOPLE JUST DON'T HAVE.
HOW IS MICROSOFT WORKING TO GET
THAN THAT
PARTNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>>TO ENSURE THEY CAN EXTEND
THEIR NETWORKS TO CONNECT THE
PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THOSE
AREAS, THE RED MIX OF
TECHNOLOGIES INCLUDING A
TECHNOLOGY CALLED TV WHITE
SPACES. THIS PARTICULARLY GOOD
AT COVERING RURAL AREAS BECAUSE
IT TRAVELS OVER NEWS TELEVISION
SPECTRUM AND THAT SPECTRUM CAN
TRAVEL A LONG DISTANCE AND
COVER PEOPLE IN AREAS. WE
OUTSIDE OF FIBER AND THE POINT.
>>YOU AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT
HOW ARE BOTH FROM. WHAT DO YOU
THINK PEOPLE IN CITIES DON'T
UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS. AND HERE
IN PLACES LIKE IOWA. I JUST
TALKED TO THE FAMILY ABOUT 15
MINUTES AGO MEYER BIT AND THEY
WERE TOLD THAT THEIR CHILDREN
TO COMPLETE THEIR HOMEWORK
BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE
ACCESS TO PRODUCTS DIDN'T HAVE
ACCESS TO ENTER INTERNET AND
THE FACT THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING
FOR OVER 18 MONTHS TO GET
ACCESS TO SOMETHING THAT WAS A
LULL IN THE 1990'S SPEED OF
INTERNET. SO THAT KIND OF THING
CAN REALLY HOLD CHILDREN BACK
IN IT THAT CAN DEFINITELY HOLD
HER BACK AND THERE'S ALSO OTHER
AREAS WHERE THIS IMPACTS PEOPLE
PARTICULARLY IN IOWA.
A STATE THAT HAS REALLY BUILT
AROUND AGRICULTURE AND
INNOVATION IN EVERY CULTURE AND
NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THE
INTERNET TOO TO HIM TO USE THAT
INTERNET TOOLS TO INNOVATE OUR
CULTURE IS A REAL PROBLEM FOR
THE SAME. ARE YOU HOPING WITH
THIS TRIBUTE TO THE STATE FAIR
THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE
TALKS ARE ALL AMERICANS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY ABOUT HOW THEY CAN.
>>YEAH WE'RE HERE TO HEAR THEIR
STORIES TO UNDERSTAND THE
CHALLENGES OF THE WE CAN HELP