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On the recordDecember 4, 2019
Why don't we just get rid of 25/3 and not pretend that it is even close to being adequate?
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Welch criticizes the current broadband speed standard as insufficient for rural areas.

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