{"id":3281,"date":"2018-07-11T20:47:55","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T20:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tenntel.org\/?p=3281"},"modified":"2020-05-19T16:36:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T20:36:26","slug":"upcoming-elections-impact-broadband-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/2018\/07\/upcoming-elections-impact-broadband-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Elections Impact Broadband Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tenntel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/16453695063_8f9c742f39_b-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3307 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/16453695063_8f9c742f39_b-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Access to broadband internet is one of the biggest challenges facing the telecommunications industry, both in Tennessee and across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why it\u2019s important to know where each candidate stands on broadband deployment.<\/p>\n<p>While the Tennessee Telecommunications Association doesn\u2019t endorse candidates, it urges all members to learn each candidate\u2019s policy positions before committing to a candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to vote for someone who relates to our ideals,\u201d says Levoy Knowles, executive director of the TTA.\u201cThe TTA is the winner if we elect candidates who understand the importance of broadband and what it means to our future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aug. 2: Federal and state primary election and county general election<\/p>\n<p>Oct. 9: Last day to register to vote for the Nov. 6 election<\/p>\n<p>Oct. 17-Nov. 1: Early voting for Nov. 6 election<\/p>\n<p>Nov. 6: Election day for federal and state candidates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Access to broadband internet is one of the biggest challenges facing the telecommunications industry, both in Tennessee and across the nation. That\u2019s why it\u2019s important to know where each candidate stands on broadband deployment. While the Tennessee Telecommunications Association doesn\u2019t endorse candidates, it urges all members to learn each candidate\u2019s policy positions before committing to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3281"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennesseebroadband.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}