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On the recordNovember 8, 2023
When Al Gore was Vice President and I was the chairman of the telecommunications committee, when we were breaking down all of the monopolies in the mid-90's so we could have the digital revolution, the broadband revolution, not one home had broadband in February 1996 in America.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey reflects on the historical context of technology development.

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