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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY CARROLL, DRAKE, WILDERDYKE, and SWAIM
1 3 A Resolution designating January 28, 2004, as Iowa
1 4 Telecommunications Association Day.
1 5 WHEREAS, the Iowa Telecommunications Association,
1 6 the largest and second oldest telephone association in
1 7 the United States, and its 147 members, all telephone
1 8 companies operating in Iowa, represent more than
1 9 600,000 access lines throughout Iowa, providing state-
1 10 of-the-art communications services to Iowa residents;
1 11 and
1 12 WHEREAS, the goal of the members of the Iowa
1 13 Telecommunications Association is to provide Iowans
1 14 unparalleled service and technology to meet their
1 15 communications needs; and
1 16 WHEREAS, the members of the Iowa Telecommunications
1 17 Association have deployed over 8,000 miles of
1 18 fiberoptic cables across the state; and
1 19 WHEREAS, sixty-eight percent of rural communities
1 20 served by small local telephone companies have access
1 21 to high-speed internet services; and
1 22 WHEREAS, thanks to the efforts of Iowa's rural
1 23 telephone carriers, Iowa enjoys one of the highest
1 24 rates of households with telephones in the nation,
1 25 with over 97 percent of households connected, compared
1 26 to the national average of 95 percent; and
1 27 WHEREAS, the members of the Iowa Telecommunications
1 28 Association are involved in their communities,
1 29 supporting their schools, promoting economic
1 30 development efforts, and helping to grow Iowa; NOW
2 1 THEREFORE,
2 2 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
2 3 That the Iowa House of Representatives designates the
2 4 day of January 28, 2004, as Iowa Telecommunications
2 5 Association Day and invites the citizens of Iowa to
2 6 recognize the important role the Iowa
2 7 Telecommunications Association and its 147 members
2 8 play in providing Iowa residents with superior
2 9 telecommunications services.
2 10 LSB 5985HH 80
2 11 rj/sh/8
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