Starks Tours Kansas City to Highlight Digital Divide Issues
FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks began a tour of the Kansas City area Friday to highlight digital divide issues there, saying “there's work to still be done.” Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., accompanied Starks, including to meeting officials in Blue Springs, Missouri,…
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to “talk broadband with folks from state and local government, schools, hospitals and others. 61% of geographic areas in Missouri are unserved.” No one “should have to go to the local truck stop to 'get the good Wi-Fi,'” Starks tweeted. He and Cleaver met the Kansas City Urban Summit to discuss affordable broadband. “You must be connected to succeed,” Starks tweeted.