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our nntiun's liteline to being. become absolutely dependent upon public.
in-(hue-knovv," while others the communication industry to keep A mu“ of such 3 lack B‘ may
say, More communication us intormed and together. I guess .

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jual means more take news. Right that s why the race to provide the most . . . .
. . denied the time to bring their resources

or wrong, here is what we know in bandwidth tor the longest contract at I m I f _ Lh ‘
the held: copper, fiber and wireless the most attractive initial price seems to °§l“_ 9’ “ “:‘h“’;“ ‘ii if
technologies have combined both drive the communications competitors “;°“.°‘fjL"" fie ‘“ ° Pf" *’ “ A
aerial and underground to create a at a turious pace in almost every corner 2" 95"“ ‘ “3’“.*’°‘“ ‘"3 “"

_ . _ _ unreasonable expectations; most of
maze ot ducts and lines that some ot the country. . .
locators declare almost impossible to ‘ ‘E I . h . "’}‘?d‘ “"1” T’: be” ""“t:““"‘ b3’ d

Likely, it is not possible to tor your dollars as they relate to ahead or the work and minimize the
overestimate the importance ot communication. we appreciate the trustrations.

our nation's communications extra bandwidth and speed but E flu . h b _
intrastructure, given our dependence untortunately, the race to be tirst " “E‘“E P °“‘ ““"‘ E" ‘S 3

. _ _ . _ _ _ great first step. Now that we are

upon it. yust the other day, {sat in to serve an area has created some bl ‘ H I ‘h 1 r_

a local restaurant next to a tamily unintended consequences tor the 5 9 ° W“ t‘ l‘;’l‘l“_:“: hglzl" _“ ‘ (h

or eight. l noticed the grandfather pmfzyionnls working to keep S";‘T‘“f“‘°‘ F’ B ‘jdf “ §"’ 2" :5“
watching a news channel on one or America's underground intrastructure ‘$1’ 3:?!“ Q‘? d° ““ “:5”

the many TVs hanging on a wall. protected. “ “ .' 5 .“°" ’.““ “P” °“5’

. _ . Communicating with one another

His two sons were both watching a . .

_ An example recently cited by a contract throughout the pmject is critical to
sporting event on another TV and . . .

_ . locator was the only notice he received ensure that other utility locators can get
tour ot the older kids were holding . . .
. _ g . that 40 subcontractors were moving in trout and stay in fmm ot the project.

their sman phones scrolling through . I h Lh I B H

something, while the twu-year-old ‘“ °. ‘5 “*3 “"5 ° “° ‘ °“ °“ At the end ot the day, both the

. _ received trom the B11 center. Not
was watching a movie on a smart Sm rm“ 1 mg mm was ‘mm in excavator and locator have the same
phone while in her father's lap. (hugs imff fndzdfin {imm goals. both want to take care ot their >
Dumg the 30 mamas ‘ was am I I customers, they want to keep the public
This paradoxical lack or communication and their employees sate.

“"“ ‘“ ”“"" ”‘“° ‘’‘’"° my “W trom a communication ex en leads

Words spvken, ether than "truss me ‘D ‘minnow {Dr an ‘nvufiled m‘_d’ surely by now, we've learned that each
the salt.” l thought, "Nulhing like * of us has our trustrations even under

H I (h f _ 1 unnecessary delays, damages to

ge ing logs” er or some qua lty undagmund mmlmtmm and the best ot circumstances and many of
tamily time.

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