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Letter: Let’s get this done, Mathews!

Editor, Gazette-Journal:

The home health care nurse comes to your house and her tele-monitoring equipment does not work so she cannot do what your doctor has ordered for you.

The sheriff’s deputy arrives to check out a stolen property report but his computer has lost its connection to the internet that he needs to proceed.

You are anxious to sell your house but the real estate agent tells you that no one wants to see it because it does not have access to reliable broadband.

These scenarios are taken from video Broadband Moments by Glenda Burroughs, RN, Riverside Home Health Care; Sheriff Mark Barrick, and real estate agent Charlene Winter.

Help us get something done, Mathews.  Choose one of two ways:

—Go online to mathewscountyva.gov/bbsurvey to complete and submit the Broadband Survey, or

—Complete and submit a paper survey at Chesapeake Bank, Treasurer’s Office, Mathews Memorial Library or Senior Active Lifestyle Center. Be sure to fill out both si...

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