The sell-by date for an annual report that arbitrarily charts the progress of wired broadband deployment in the U.S. expired a long time ago.

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Legislative legal analysts said Mr. Christie had three options: calling a special election for Mr. Lautenberg's seat in October this year, calling one for this year's current election date of Nov. 5, or waiting until November 2014, when Mr. Lautenberg's term would have expired.

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