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Ed Markey: That has always been the beauty of the 1992 and 1996 Telecom Act is that it created... conditions for Darwinian paranoia…

On the recordJune 26, 2012
That has always been the beauty of the 1992 and 1996 Telecom Act is that it created... conditions for Darwinian paranoia inducing competition.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey emphasizes the importance of competition for innovation in telecommunications.

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