'The biggest hurdle': Telecom companies talk about rights of way obstacles [telecom]

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By Noel Lyn Smith

FARMINGTON - Three telecommunication companies discussed the obstacles in obtaining rights of way on the Navajo Nation during a discussion at the Rural Networks Conference at San Juan College on July 31.

Representatives for Frontier Communications, Sacred Wind Communications and CenturyLink spoke about the problem during the conference's panel discussion about telecommunications on tribal lands, which was organized by the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission.