#215 - Wireless Water Cooler - Congressman Buddy Carter
Episode description
Co-hosts Patrick Halley, WIA CEO and President, and Jim Fryer, Inside Towers Managing Editor recently chatted with U.S. Congressman Buddy Carter (GA-01) on the Wireless Water Cooler podcast. The five-term Congressman is Chair of the Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee and was formerly Vice Chair of the Communications & Technology subcommittee.
In this lively and candid half hour talk, Rep. Carter discusses a variety of issues including how BEAD money will connect his constituents across the coastal region of Georgia. The conversation also covered how Congress works with NTIA and the FCC to ensure federal money results in timely and quality deployment. Rep. Carter discusses how Georgia has an excellent Broadband Ready Cities certification program that gives guidelines to cities and counties to streamline permitting for broadband, with 49 communities already certified.