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Ed Markey: “Are we in a paradoxical situation where many of these municipalities might have acted themselves and there is a State…”

On the recordJune 21, 2021
Are we in a paradoxical situation where many of these municipalities might have acted themselves and there is a State law that the broadband companies have that prohibit them from acting on their own?
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey questions state laws hindering municipalities from addressing broadband issues.

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