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Roger Wicker: “We like the fact that essentially, whether unintentionally or otherwise, the 1996 Act left broadband technologies out of…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2013
We like the fact that essentially, whether unintentionally or otherwise, the 1996 Act left broadband technologies out of the regulatory scheme of the FCC.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Wicker supports the exclusion of broadband from FCC regulation under the 1996 Act.

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