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President Obama’s recent executive order requiring every federal agency to conduct a systematic review of existing regulations offers the perfect opportunity to reform our telecom rules in ways that energize and expand our nation’s small business sector.

Consider that America’s small businesses inject almost a trillion dollars into the economy each year. They have created more than 93 percent of all new jobs over the last twenty years and employ more than half of the U.S. private sector workforce. They also employ 41 percent of the nation’s high-tech workers who generate about thirteen times more patents per employee than workers at larger firms. This critical sector of the market deserves the best and most robust communications technology available.

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