Beavers Wipe Out Towns Internet

Published: May 5, 2021, 10 p.m.

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Among other lessons, the past year has shown the serious consequences of the decades-long inability to get modern broadband communications to rural or remote communities.

Too many parts of the country still don\\u2019t have access to broadband even as some cities rocket into the 5G age, but there\\u2019s no easy fix: installing towers, cables and other necessary infrastructure is expensive \\u2014 particularly when they need to be routed over great distances without many paying customers waiting at the end.

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