CONWAY — Local business leaders told Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) they are concerned about the Federal Communications Commission's decision to repeal net neutrality in terms of their companies' bottom line.
Shaheen was at the Tech Village in Conway on Wednesday morning to host a roundtable on net neutrality.
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