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A rusted satellite dish, from days past stands beside an empty home in Frost, WV on Aug. 19, 2020.
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More than a decade ago, West Virginia officials faced a gargantuan problem without enough money to fix it. They earmarked $5 million toward fixing the state’s slow, unreliable internet, then spent years bickering over how to spend it with little progress made on the problem.
But now, they’ll have another chance — with a lot more money and much, much higher stakes.