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The Divide: LiveOak Fiber's Steve Smith on deployment milestones and preparing for BEAD

Season 4

This week: Steve Smith, chief revenue officer for LiveOak Fiber, on the company's deployment milestones in Florida and Georgia, lessons learned along the way and how LiveOak is getting ready for BEAD.



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