Who can easily log on in the first place. As for the other half, well, thats a different story, as david pogue explains this morning. Reporter during the pandemic, highspeed internet has been the foundation of work, school, and doctor visits, which is great if you have highspeed internet. But about half of americans dont. To get online to do your research or your correspondence, you park at a taco bell . I do. Reporter ahead on sunday morning, the Great American Internet Access crisis. Pauley she is a legend of country music, tanya tucker. And back before the pandemic shut most concerts down, she shared some stories with our bob schieffer. Delta dawn reporter she was once country musics wild child, a breakout star at the ripe old age of 13, tanya tucker has been riding high for five decades. With a grammywinning album that is getting the best reviews of here career. If that 13yearold tanya tucker was sitting here, what would you tell her today . I dont think i would tell her anything.
Host our guest reporter is cat zakrzewski of the Washington Post. Mr. Spalter, if you could begin by reminding us what u. S. Telecom is and who you represent. Guest thank you very much, peter. It is great to be here paid ira present the future of connectivity. The members of the u. S. Telecom are the innovators and Technology Company that deliver the networks of the future to all americans. We have Large National providers like at t and verizon and a wonderful regional providers like consolidated frontier and windstream and Alaska Communications but we also represent a number of our smallest providers serving a Rural Communities across the country and around us as well its one of the most innovative Global Technology and prizes like cisco and ericsson and they are also a part of our effort to raise the bar when it comes to this Important Technology which is broadband. Host give us a snapshot, if you would, mr. Spalter of the last couple of months for your Member Companies. Guest i thin
Impacts much of Silicon Valley print our guest reporter is Emily Birnbaum of the protocol. Thank you both for being on the communicators this week. Thank you for having us. Host congressman, as the representative of Silicon Valley how would you describe the reputation of some of the Member Companies in your district right now in washington . Guest well, i think on one hand there is a lot of positiv positives. If you look at the polling the Tech Companies pull about 60, 70 of their approval and there is a sense that these are companies and some are working on vaccines and companies are working on antivirals and they are allowing for remote work, for remote calls that they are engaged in allowing us to have good medication in the time of a pandemic and allowing them to get groceries or information but that said there are a lot of other ethical issues in a sense of essential workers being paid appropriately and are these doing enough combat hate speech and Voter Suppression and are they d
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You today by your television provider. This week on the communicators, we are pleased to be joined by the president and ceo of u. S. Telecom. Can you remind us represent . Ask the future of Technology Companies who are all about building the networks of the future to all americans. We have Large National providers , like centurylink, regional providers like consolidated frontier and windstream. Also represent a number of smaller providers serving Rural Communities across the well,y and around us as around the table, some of the most innovative Global Technology Enterprises Like are alsoand nec, they a part of our effort to raise the bar when it comes to this Important Technology, broadband. Give us a snapshot, if you would, of the last couple of months for your Member Companies. For the millions of folks in for every Single Person around the globe, it has been a time of seriousness and anxiety, but also a time to get to work. Dealing with this crisis, this International Health emergenc