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STATEMENT FROM FCC CHAIRMAN TOM WHEELER ON COMMUNITY BROADBAND
Washington, D.C. – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler issued the following 
statement today following the speech by President Barack Obama in Cedar Falls, Iowa:
“High-speed Internet access is a fundamental part of our daily lives at home, on the job and at school.  
While fast broadband is available to some, there are far too many parts of the country, particularly rural 
America, that are being left further and further behind.  Many other Americans lack competitive choices 
for broadband.  The FCC has been working diligently to expand broadband deployment and increase 
consumer choice and competition nationwide, including reviewing complaints from cities that have been 
prohibited from providing competitive high-speed alternatives.”
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