They have been serving about 35 of our landmass across the country. Could you name some of those companies to help us get familiar . Absolutely. We could go all the way to western south dakota, not rushmore. We could go to citizens on the mississippi river, up to wisconsin where i have telephone cooperatives. And even here in my state of virginia. We have scott county in the very tip of the state, serving the tristate area. But i have 850 of them. When you talk about landmass, you are talking about landmass and not necessarily population. Absolutely. You hit a key part of this. Is about 5 of the american population, but they are truly the providers in the most extreme and rural parts of the country. Everywhere from alaska to the panhandle of florida, so they stretch all across. I have everybody from somebody who has about 150 subscribers to probably my Largest Company that has just about 100,000 subscribers. They are serving those areas that the companies chose years ago to not provide
Host and this week on the communicators, our guest is Shirley Bloomfield of ntca, the Rural Broadband association. Shes the ceo there. Our guest reporter from Telecommunications Reports is paul kirby. Huly bloomfield Shirley Bloomfield, who do you represent . Guest about 850 communitybased broadband providers across the country, theyre in 46 states, so theyre the companies that traditionally were the local phone companies that had to evolve and evolved very quickly to become a broadband provider. So they truly are the onestop communication providers in a lot of areas around the country serving about 35 of our land mass. Host could you name a couple of those companies to help us get familiar . Guest oh, absolutely. All the way to western south dakota by mount rushmore, we could go to citizens on the Mississippi River up in wisconsin where ive got a number of cooperatives, and if were look over here in few state of virginia in my state of virginia, weve got scott county down in the very
Reported 600 56 new cases of covid19 and unfortunately an additional 35 deaths in indiana. These numbers bring to 13,680 the number of hoosiers known to have covid19. A total of 741 hoosiers have died, 1 of all individuals tested in our state and 5. 4 percent of our confirmed, positive cases. Include over 3500 new tests. More than 75,000 hoosiers have been tested for covid19. Today we expect to add to our dashboard an additional 79 presumptive covid19 deaths that have been clinically diagnosed. This means that a physician listed covid19 as a contributing cause of death for a patient, but no covid19 positive test was documented on that individual. The clinical diagnosis of covid19 can use an xray, ct scan or cat scan of the individuals chest, and a full clinical picture including medical history, symptoms and how their course of illness proceeds. Include ruling out other infections such as influence as the cause of their illness. Avid 19 can also cause characteristic picture on a cat sc
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Dr. Box, the latest numbers on the ground, but we will also be joined very kindly, impeccable timing from the senator of indiana. Before we get to the senator and a bill signed into law by the president , can you give us an update . Commissioner box today we reported 656 new cases of covid19 and unfortunately an additional 35 deaths in indiana. 600 56 new cases of covid19 and unfortunately an additional 35 deaths in indiana. These numbers bring to 13,680 the number of hoosiers known to have covid19. A total of 741 hoosiers have died, 1 of all individuals tested in our state and 5. 4 percent of our confirmed, positive cases. Include over 3500 new tests. More than 75,000 hoosiers have been tested for covid19. Today we expect to add to our dashboard an additional 79 presumptive covid19 deaths that have been clinically diagnosed. This means that a physician listed covid19 as a contributing cause of death for a patient, but no covid19 positive test was documented on that individual. The cli