Enjoyed meeing with rural broadband providers in Sioux Falls, SD today. Discussed the challenges to rural broadband deployment (including gophers that chew through lines) & the opportunity that broadband brings to communities.

1,204 road miles -- from main street businesses to a 160-foot water tower, from small cells to big farms & rural roundtables -- during this Great Plains tour I gained new perspective on the real & hard work that goes into bringing more broadband to more Americans. #CarrTrip

Glad Sioux Falls was a stop on the #CARRTRIP Thanks Brendan Carr ,appreciate the effort to see/feel real challenges that come w/ maintaining broadband across streets, hills, corn fields. Rural networks 2 feet below or 200 feet up, all come w/ challenges. Thx 4 experiencing it x.com/brendancarrfcc…

Laws that govern the video marketplace were first written in 1934 and last updated in 1992 – long before cell phones, HDTV or the Internet was even contemplated. A 21st century video market deserves reform. broadcastingcable.com/news/rep-scali…

In CO 2day. Thanks will it return?. Watch #NFL on local CBS. Locast extends local 📺 past broadcast tower limits reaching more ppl. Rural/urban people, broadcasters...especially advertisers should b excited. Per FCC / DTV map only 1 local 📺 @ my location, Bc will it return? more options

Just went thru National WWII Museum in NOLA while listening to a radio interview my late Grandpa gave about his (and other MN based Guard units)service at the time. Special to see the museum and listen to grandpa talk about his time at war. Thanks Gpa Hub, WWII museum and all vets!

Good article on importance of rural broadband. Glad to see The New York Times article. Lots of work, resources (county,state,etc) went into Rock Co. project. The Wonderful team @ Alliance Comm take pride in the network they build/support on a daily basis. Thanks Christopher!

Yes...welcome to South Dakota! Glad to see will it return? offering services to urban and rural markets alike. Filling in the broadcast holes/gaps where even 30 foot high amplified OTA antennas won’t work for all people and/or all channels.

I agree. Start with retransmission consent. Requires ALL legacy provider customers to purchase broadcast channels as part of every programming package--no choice. Automatically increases customer's bill $20 a month. #ripoff

For Jesus Followers only 😊: If you’re a part of a church, it’s not the same without you. You change the room (in a good way) just by being there! 😊🙌🏻 If you’re in town & physically able, get to church. Any church!  Skip whatever else you have & get there.

Happy to have Shirley Bloomfield from NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association in South Dakota talking to us about what going on (or not) in DC right now. Great to learn about NTCA programs like CyberShare, Smart Rural Communities too. Lots going on and SDTA and NTCA are helping us stay on top of it.

Rod Bowar, Greg Dean, Bryan Roth, and Mark Shlanta, all working in South Dakota telecoms, made tremendous connections in their communities. Their absence will be felt by many, but their legacies will last for generations. I honored their lives on the House Floor yesterday.

Help support Brandon, SD in this year's Hockeyville competition. Vote for them and they could get a preseason #NHL game and $150,000 in rink upgrades → ow.ly/yQpY30jtYXO

Some say we can’t afford to bring #broadband to rural America. I say we can’t afford not to. Thanks to @SecretarySonny & Dept. of Agriculture for hosting today’s event! Look forward to working w/ you, Farm Foundation, NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association, NRECA, CoBank, many others to close the #digitaldivide.

This promoted tweet is showing up in my feed. NAB's "free" claim is ludicrous. TV broadcasters will collect more than $8B (yes BILLION) of retransmission consent fees from consumers this year and more than $12B in 2020. Rural areas can't receive their "free" signal. #ripoff x.com/nabtweets/stat…

Sinclair shares that nearly half of revenues now come from outdated retrans law that puts the cost of programming right on the backs of consumers....ouch! tvnewscheck.com/article/113461…

Spending birthday @ #PAYTV18. Exciting right?!?! 🙂 However, it is exciting to hear different sides of industry on how “TV” is changing. Industry needs to remember rise in tech, content $, retrans $ are fueling this change...focus on entertaining NOT extorting. #localchoice

It's time to set aside fear mongering and get to a work on a bipartisan, legislative solution to preserve #NetNeutrality. Read more in my column –> thune.senate.gov/public/index.c…