spalter, who do you represent? jonathan: i represent america's broadband providers, companies both large and small, coming from every part of the nation, almost every state, and we're all bound 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 live. we have work to do because there still are americans out there that don't yet have broadband and we're aligned to make sure that we can actually provide ubiquitous access to all americans. it's a great mission. peter: what are some of the companies you represent? john than: just this month, i was able to fly out to alaska too 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 ision. from at&t and verizon, and centurylink and consolidated. frontier, windstream. it's a

. -- jonathan spalter. you mentioned the companies you represent had a lot of work to do.that? we hear about these ultra dense wireless broadband networks. can you talk about how we get to that stage? >> sure. the essential ingredient to moving forward, not with just extending more broad can -- broadband to more americans, but to ensure our global pet -- global competitiveness is broadband. our company continues to make broadband connectivity. it takes the right amount of investment. it takes the writeups of it also models did but takes the right type of 21st century, policy networks that can accelerate in advance the excel or -- the investment to move forward. >> announcer: american history tv has been marking the centennial of the first world war with official programs, lectures, and conferences about the conflict. up next, a session from a two-day symposium at the national world war i museum memorial in kansas city. a talk neilberg presents titled "america's road to war, 1914 to 1917." he is author of "the path to war: how the first world war created modern america." th

spalter, who do you represent? jonathan: i represent america's broadband providers, companies both large and small, coming from every part of the nation, almost every state, and we're