An Introduction to U.S. Telecommunications LawAn exploration of telecommunications law in the USA. It offers a jargon-free discussion of how electronic media and telecommunications companies are required to price their services, interconnect with customers and other service providers, and respond to competition. This revised edition includes a comprehensive look at the Telecommunications Act of 1996, its sweeping reforms, and the short-term increase in TC regulation complexity resulting from its passage. The volume also covers how the rapid advance of telecommunications technology has drastically altered regulations first developed when TC meant fixed networks, copper wire and mechanical switches. |
Contents
II | 1 |
A Allocating Costs to Local Exchange Service | 8 |
The Regulators View | 14 |
2 | 23 |
III | 29 |
Those of Other Service Providers? | 35 |
II | 45 |
How ILECS Charge for Services Provided to IXCS | 49 |
II | 125 |
Regulation of Mobile Telephone Licensees | 129 |
Internet Service Providers | 139 |
B ISP Liability for Copyright Infringement | 145 |
Jurisdiction over ISP Activities | 158 |
Problems of Electronic Commerce | 170 |
Universal Service | 185 |
Explicit HighCost Support Programs Before | 186 |
V | 55 |
The Bell Operating Companies | 61 |
Competing Local Exchange Carriers | 85 |
Conclusion | 98 |
I | 104 |
7 | 111 |
III | 118 |
International Services | 199 |
Appendix | 209 |
Specific Economic Issues in Telecommunications Law | 231 |
Conclusion | 246 |
About the Author | 359 |
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