in missoula. >> and he was a terrific athlete? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: it was no coincidence that jay bostrom, the teacher who recruited diren to big sky, also happened to be the school's soccer coach. >> no holds barred. just go get it done. and when diren played, that's how he played. i think the guys were immediately like, this guy is cool. kind of a bad ass, you know. >> he was, like, pretty stocky kid. liked to lay people out. yeah. >> yeah, he was tough. >> yeah. >> for sure. he threw down. >> reporter: and according to his friends, diren's soccer skills and his good looks definitely helped him with the opposite sex. >> he was always talking to girls. here in america. and even girls back home in germany. >> a man of the world. >> exactly. >> yep. >> the other soccer girls always said that he would never miss a chance to take his shirt off when he was running around the field. because they knew he was going to put on a show for them. >> reporter: diren lived with host parents randy and kate in the prospect neighborhood, a hil

>> i've only happened to be in missoula. >> missoula and big sandy is a hell of a lot different. i'll just tell you that, and it's a 75-mile drive for me from great falls to my farm and i'll bet i don't have coverage 25 miles of that and that map is all red. you want to talk about that? >> yes, sir, and i do appreciate the question, and this is something that nationally cities and countries are facing is that there is a misunderstanding to 5g especially when they ask states with respect to deployment. the industry comes in and says we will have 5g in your communities and throughout the state and it's the next-generation broadband and we need it and what they're doing is denseification of 4g networks in very dense city areas for the most part. i'll just give you an example and the state of nebraska is currently debating a preemption, small-cell deployment bill the same as florida passed last year and the cities led by the city of lincoln talked about lowering their rates for attachment to city-owned polls to city and county-owned polls. they're willing to reduce the rate for the m

>> i have not been in missoula which has great coverage.>> missoula and big sandy or a big difference. 75 mile drive for me from great falls to my farm. i don't have coverage for 25 miles. yet that map is already. do to talk about that? >> i do appreciate the question. this is something that cities and governments are facing. there is a real misunderstanding about 5g. especially when they asked the states and local governments about deployment. the industry comes in and said we will have 5g in your community and throughout the state. is the next-generation broadband and we needed. then really what they're doing is the identification of 4g networks in very dense city areas for the most part. to give you an example, the state of nebraska is currently debating a preemption, small cell deployment as similar to florida last year. the cities led by the city of lincoln, talked about lowering the rates for attachment to city on poles. city and county owned polls. they're willing to reduce the rate from the market rate of about $2000 a poll to $95 a poll. if the industry would agree to build o

so it is place dollars like missoula, town squares, and then goes from there. just like 4g and we continue to work on getting 4g more and more many montana. the job is not done by far. >> okay. so and i'm not picking on verizon but i happen to have one of your phones in my pact. have you seen the map on the ties meant that verizon puts up? i think all of them are this way. have you seen that advertisement? >> yes, sir. >> do you agree with that map? >> i've only had the chance to be in missoula which had great gufr u coverage but not the next of them. >> well let me tell you something, that's a hell of a lot different, i'll just tell you that. that's a 75 mile drive for me to great falls from my farm and i bet i don't have coverage for 25 miles of that and yet that map's all red put want to talk about that? >> yes, sir. and this is something that national cities and governments across the country are farising is that there's a real misunderstanding as to 5g, especially when they ask states to to preemptive governments with respect to deployment. the industry co