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cable and telecommunications association. and former fcc chairman. then we have gordon smith, who is the president and ceo of the national association of broadcasters and a former united states senator, and jerry shapiro, consumer electronics association president ceo and a "new york times" best selling author. i have prepared a number of challenging inquiries for our luminaries. let me begin with a general inquiry to each. what is your vision? gordon, we will start with you. for the future of television and the role your industry is going to play in the future. >> thank you, dick, and my colleagues here. thank you for your leadership over many years. and for being a part of this next phase. i see the future of video and television broadcasting in particular is remaining bright as long as localism, lives journalism, consumer protections, emergency alerts, as long as those are important parts of public policy, i think broadcast television plays the indispensable role. >> michael? michael: television will be dramatically different. it's going to be much

along with the telecommunications association work together to raise awareness about the unique challenges of raising awareness of progress on private land. trouble land in the lower 48 x speeds of 10., one up, and 68 percent last 10., one of the five said. with more detail in my testimony. i went to talk about healing river. they have forward 14 persons per square mile. this is also difficult trouble land. low median income, and high rates of poverty prevent a severe challenge for the delivery of broadband. the median income on our reservation is $24,000 to $59,000 in arizona. approximately 40% of the persons living on the reservation live below the poverty level convert 50% for arizona. these economic circumstances are not unique to our community. this continues to negatively impact many tribes. our community in many like us continue to struggle a failed policy of allotment because of policy obtaining rights to deploy broadband is complex and reasons costs substantially. access to capital is a barrier. this cannot be look leveraged as collateral. the, private capital is often not availab

cable and telecommunications association. and former fcc chairman. then we have gordon smith, who is the president and ceo of the national association of broadcasters and a former united states senator, and jerry shapiro, consumer electronics association president ceo and a "new york times" best selling author. i have prepared a number of challenging inquiries for our luminaries. let me begin with a general inquiry to each. what is your vision? gordon, we will start with you. for the future of television and the role your industry is going to play in the future. >> thank you, dick, and my colleagues here. thank you for your leadership over many years. and for being a part of this next phase. i see the future of video and television broadcasting in particular as remaining bright as long as localism, lives journalism, consumer protections, emergency alerts, as long as those are important parts of public policy, i think broadcast television plays the indispensable role. >> michael? michael: television will be dramatically different. it's going to be much

grti, along with the national tribal telecommunications association worked together to raise awareness about the unique challenges for deploying broadband on tribal lands. tribal lands are the least served areas in the country. approximately 48% of tribal lands in the lower 48 states lack access to ten down one up and 68% lack access to 25 down and three up. there are a number of obstacles that present challenges to broadband deployment on tribal lands, and i have set those out with more detail in my written testimony. but i would like to summarize them for you here. first, population density is an obstacle. gila river, for example, is at 20 persons per square mile. maricopa county which is adjacent to the reservation has approximately 414 persons per square mile. rugged terrain. characterized by mountains and hard soil is also typical of tribal lands. low median income and high rates of poverty on most reservations present a severe challenge for the delivery of broadband. the median income on our reservation is $24,000. to $59,000 in arizona. approximately 48% of the persons living on

on with the national tribal telecommunication association work together to raise awareness about the unique challenges for deploying broadband on tribal land. tribal land is the least served area in the country. approximately 40% of tribal land in the lower 48 states lack access. and 68% lack access. there are a number of obstacles the present challenges to broad brand deployment on tribal land and i've set those out in more detail in my written testimony, but i would like to summarize them for you. first, population density is optical. it is at 20 persons per square mile. the county adjacent to the reservation has approximate 414 persons per square mile. rugged terrain characterized by mounds and hard soil is also typical of tribal land. low median income and high rates of poverty. it presents a severe challenge for the delivery of broadband. the median income on a reservation of $24000 to $59000 in arizona. approximately 40% of the persons living on the reservation live below the poverty level compared to 15% for arizona. these equinox circumstances are not unique to our travel com

cable and telecommunications association. and former fcc chairman. then we have gordon smith, who is the president and ceo of the national association of broadcasters and a former united states senator, and jerry shapiro, consumer electronics association president ceo and a "new york times" best selling author. i have prepared a number of challenging inquiries for our luminaries. let me begin with a general inquiry to each. what is your vision? gordon, we will start with you. for the future of television and the role your industry is going to play in the future. >> thank you, dick, and my