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aerial and underground to create a at a iunous pace in almost every corner
_ unreasonable expectations; most or
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Likely it is not possible to tor your dollars as they relate to ahead or the work and minimize the
overestirriate the importance of communication. we appreciate the frustrations.
our nn|1'nn’s communications extra bandwidth and speed but E Ch . h b . _
infrastructure, given our dependence untortunately, the race to be first " “.‘5‘“5 P °“° ““’“ E“ ‘” 3

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upon it. Just the other day, l sat in to serve an area has created some H I ‘ I (h 1 (_
a local restaurant next to a tamily unintended consequences tor the 3 2 “ °“." 3“ °‘“ ““° “W 2 ’

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phone while in her father's lap. am‘; iamf gndzdfin {imm goals. Both want to take care ot their
During um 30 mimms I was ‘hm I I oistomers, they want to keep the public
This paradnxlcal lack ni communication and their employees sate.

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words spoken, other than "pass me ‘ E T’ I _ f 11 f Ed d surely by now, we've leamed that each
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. _ . unnecessary delays, damage. to .
getting together tor some quality the best of circumstances and many or
family fimE_,, underground intrastructure anrl