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On the recordNovember 7, 2003
Five years ago when this legislation was written on the moratorium, I don't believe DSL existed. The idea of people accessing the Internet over broadband was not something people thought much of. The idea of accessing the Internet over wireless I don't think is something we thought we had the capability of doing. The world has changed.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Discussing changes in technology related to broadband access during a legislative debate.

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