Linda Moore, the president and CEO of the TechNet lobbying group, says the COVID-19 pandemic has "laid bare" the extent of the digital divide.

"It's hard for businesses to keep going and to grow the way they should without broadband access," Moore said in an interview. "It's heartbreaking to see students having to go to their local businesses, or back to their schools after the schools have shuttered just so they can try to get WiFi access to do their homework. It shouldn't be that way in America."

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