 Hey everybody, welcome, welcome. We are live from the floor of ITW 2023 right here in the National Harbor, which is in Maryland right outside of DC. I'm Jamie Scottokataya of JSA. Again, welcome to ITW Extra, powered by JSA TV, the official broadcast for ITW 2023. And I am very excited because I am joined here on the expo floor by Mr. David Pruitt. He is the major account sales manager over at Horizon. Thank you. So welcome, welcome David. It's exciting to have you. This is your first time here now on JSA TV. Yes, that's right. So we're super excited to welcome you and to our viewers who, who don't already know. Can you just tell us a little bit about Horizon? 130 year old company started off as a SEALEC, turned into, I'm sorry, started off as an ILEC, turned into a SEALEC. Yeah, we're happy to be here. It's a, it's a fun event. We're excited to have you here and I will tell you, let's talk about the state of telecom today in most rural areas like those that Horizon, of course, serves. What are the individual needs that customers come across, especially when we're talking healthcare, e-rate, education, or local government? What are their needs? What do they need? You know, their needs are really the same as any other company in more metropolitan areas. I mean, I think the key is the fact that we're there to serve these underserved communities. And that is critical. Do customers look for like a great network or connectivity solution? And what things do they look for in a good partner? What do you guys bring as a partner? Well, we're, we can offer higher bandwidth solutions in your traditional ILEC or your traditional cable company. So that's, that's one good alternative that our customers are looking for. Absolutely, absolutely. And one of the major projects that I hear Horizon has in the works, if you will, a network super highway between East Surmac, of course, Chicago data center, to South Bend, Indiana and Indianapolis. So big project there. What kind of demands are spurring these major projects for you? You know, in that case, it's diversity. So a lot of the, a lot of the companies that are interconnecting these metropolitan areas are taking a very similar path. So one thing that we did different with this is taking an alternative path that, you know, really brings that diverse diversity to, you know, the companies are needing. So critical, especially for those who are concerned about network uptime and availability, diversity, critical, critical. Alongside projects like these, of course, Horizon offers a host of other business solutions from doc fiber to data center connectivity, you name it. So are there any that are more popular, more in demand? In our enterprise space, I'd say probably UCAS or SDWAM, those are kind of the high demand right now, both are, both are in our product portfolio. Yeah, and those are, those are both absolutely some services that we hear a lot about here at JSA. So all right, now that I've got you in the tough seat and go ahead and look in that crystal ball, if you will. Can you tell us, give us a little peek into the future of Horizon, what's coming up? Probably the biggest thing is backbone upgrades. Upgrading our core network is going to give us the ability to, you know, not only meet our needs, but our customer needs. That's going to have a trickle down effect on, you know, what we can, what we can offer in the future. That's exciting, very exciting growth, growth, growth on the horizon for Horizon. I said I wouldn't do it and there I did. All right, so where can our viewers go to learn more? www.horizonconnects.com. Horizon connects with an s.com. Yes, absolutely. Thank you so much, David, for your time here. It's been exciting and hey, first JSA TV down, check that box. Hopefully many, many more to come. And thank you viewers for tuning in to ITW Extra, powered by JSA TV. Happy networking.