Wilson: Digital connectivity should be treated as a public utility
Jace Wilson · a16z Podcast | A Society Under Construction - Modernizing Infrastructure · Jan 2, 2019 · at 1:56
Jase Wilson, CEO of Neighborly, discusses the expanding definition of modern infrastructure alongside former Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx on the a16z Podcast.
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“Not just the roads, the bridges, those physical things that immediately come to mind, but also those physical assets that help make modern society possible and connectivity, like, as something that should be viewed as a utility and as infrastructure to a modern and functioning society.”
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