Can actually provide ubiquitous access. Its a great mission. Host what are some of the companies you represent . Guest well, just this month i was able to spend time with alaska communications, flew down from there to western new mexico with western new mexico communications. Both focused on Rural Communities and extending next Generation Broadband Services to them. All the way up to companies that are national in scope and vision from at t and verizon and centurylink and consolidated, frontier, windstream. Its a consortium of companies that are very different, different Business Models but are bound together by a singular vision to get more broadband out to more americans and do so with smart policies. Host before we Start Talking about some of those policies, give us a sense of your background. Its a little bit eclectic, isnt it . Guest and ill take that as a compliment, thank you. I have been in the business of technology for a good part of my career, leading companies both in Silic
Jonathans belter is the president and ceo of a trade association called u. S. Telethon. He is our guest on the communicators. Could you represent . I represent americas broadband providers, companies both large and small who are coming from every part of the nation, almost every state and we are all found by a simple set of principles. We want to be able to deliver the best quality, highest Speed Broadband to all americans regardless of where they are. Theres work to do because there are still americans who dont have broadband. We are aligned to make sure we can provide ubiquitous access for all americans. Was the companies you represent. This month i was able to fly out to alaska. I flew down to western new mexico and both were focused on Rural Communities and extending nextgeneration Broadband Services to them. All the way up to companies that are national in scope and at t and verizon and century link and consolidated frontier, windstream, its a consortium of companies who are very
Were really down. I said, are you kidding me . We got 2900 people to think we ought to run the country. Year after year, and then john sununu came, and we have really gathered momentum. In 1994 we elected a class of republicans who just did not give a whit about their election. They came to balance the budget. It was remarkable. And then after 10 long years in 1997, i was one of the chief architects of allen saying that federal budget. First time we have done it since man walked on the moon. We have not done it since. We paid down the largest amount of the publicly held debt in modern history, and the economy was doing great. Some of you might remember i was a giants Television Star on fox news. [laughter] you are right back, how great i was on fox news. I also worked at Lehman Brothers and learned an awful lot about this, which is so critical in terms of understanding what motivates ceos. So i left. 10 years i was out. Im a believer that if we are really not here to serve others, i do
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