The Telecommunications Act Of 1996

Author : Patricia Aufderheide
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1999-01-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 1572304251

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Communications Policy and the Public Interest by Patricia Aufderheide Pdf

The passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 inaugurated a new and highly volatile era in telecommunications. The first major overhaul of U.S. communications law since 1934--when no one had a television set, a cordless phone, or a computer--the Act was spurred into being by broad shifts in technology use. Equally important, this book shows, the new law reflects important changes in our notions of the purpose of communications regulation and how it should be deployed. Focusing on the evolution of the concept of the public interest, Aufderheide examines how and why the legislation was developed, provides a thematic analysis of the Act itself, and charts its intended and unintended effects in business and policy. An abridged version of the Act is included, as are the Supreme Court decision that struck down one of its clauses, the Communications Decency Act, and a variety of pertinent speeches and policy arguments. Readers are also guided to a range of organizations and websites that offer legal updates and policy information. Finalist, McGannon Center Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communication Policy Research

Author : Dale E. Lehman,Dennis Weisman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781461543152

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The Telecommunications Act of 1996: The “Costs” of Managed Competition by Dale E. Lehman,Dennis Weisman Pdf

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 envisioned a competitive free-for-all in the U.S. telecommunications industry with removal of barriers to entry in local telecommunications markets and the lifting of the artificial restrictions that kept the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) out of the interLATA long-distance market. After close to 5 years, only one RBOC has been granted permission (controversially) to enter the interLATA market, and local competition has yet to provide most consumers with meaningful choices. In addition, the wave of mergers across the industry has raised the specter of putting the former Bell System back together again. Policymakers now openly question whether the Act can deliver what it promised. Three principal themes are developed in this book. First, there has been a coordination failure between Congress and the FCC in translating the principles embodied in the Act into practice. The authors provide evidence for this by analyzing stock market reactions to legislative and regulatory actions. This coordination failure was largely predictable, given the ambiguity in the Act, as well as conflicting jurisdictions between the FCC and the states. Second, the Act calls for wholesale prices to be `based on cost.' Regulators adopted a costing standard (TELRIC) that provides a means to subsidize competitive entry in local telephone service markets. The ready adoption of the TELRIC standard by regulators is shown to be tied to the third theme: price cap regulation provides regulators with `insurance' against the adverse effects of competition in local telephone markets. Statistical analysis reveals that regulators in price cap states set uniformly lower unbundled network element prices (lower barriers to entry) in comparison with regulators in rate-of-return and earnings sharing states. The result is a triumph of regulatory processes over market processes - the antithesis of the purpose of the Act.

Author : Dale E Lehman,Dennis Weisman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2000-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1461543169

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The Telecommunications Act Of 1996 by Dale E Lehman,Dennis Weisman Pdf

Author : Peter William Huber,Michael K. Kellogg,John Thorne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Cable television
ISBN : STANFORD:36105061845454

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The Telecommunications Act of 1996 by Peter William Huber,Michael K. Kellogg,John Thorne Pdf

Author : Sharon K. Black
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2001-10-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780080518688

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Telecommunications Law in the Internet Age by Sharon K. Black Pdf

For companies in and around the telecommunications field, the past few years have been a time of extraordinary change-technologically and legally. The enacting of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the development of international trade agreements have fundamentally changed the environment in which your business operates, creating risks, responsibilities, and opportunities that were not there before. Until now, you'd have had a hard time finding a serious business book that offered any more than a cursory glance at this transformed world. But at last there's a resource you can depend on for in-depth analysis and sound advice. Written in easy-to-understand language, Telecommunications Law in the Internet Age systematically examines the complex interrelationships of new laws, new technologies, and new business practices, and equips you with the practical understanding you need to run your enterprise optimally within today's legal boundaries. * Offers authoritative coverage from a lawyer and telecommunications authority who has been working in the field for over three decades.* Examines telecommunications law in the U.S., at both the federal and state level.* Presents an unparalleled source of information on international trade regulations and their effects on the industry.* Covers the modern telecommunications issues with which most companies are grappling: wireless communication, e-commerce, satellite systems, privacy and encryption, Internet taxation, export controls, intellectual property, spamming, pornography, Internet telephony, extranets, and more.* Provides guidelines for preventing inadvertent violations of telecommunications law.* Offers guidance on fending off legal and illegal attacks by hackers, competitors, and foreign governments.* Helps you do more than understand and obey the law: helps you thrive within it.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : PSU:000025901252

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Implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance Pdf

Author : Charles B. Goldfarb
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Law
ISBN : 160021133X

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Telecommunications Act by Charles B. Goldfarb Pdf

In 1996, Congress enacted comprehensive reform of the nation's statutory and regulatory framework for telecommunications by passing the Telecommunications Act, which substantially amended the 1934 Communications Act. The general objective of the 1996 Act was to open up markets to competition by removing unnecessary regulatory barriers to entry. At that time, the industry was characterised by service-specific networks that did not compete with one another: circuit-switched networks provided telephone service and coaxial cable networks provided cable service. The act created distinct regulatory regimes for these service-specific telephone networks and cable networks that included provisions intended to foster competition from new entrants that used network architectures and technologies similar to those of the incumbents. This intramodal competition has proved very limited. But the deployment of digital technologies in these previously distinct networks has led to market convergence and intermodal competition, as telephone, cable, and even wireless networks increasingly are able to offer voice, data, and video services over a single broadband platform. the current market environment, but not on how to modify it. The debate focuses on how to foster investment, innovation, and competition in both the physical broadband network and in the applications that ride over that network while also meeting the many non-economic objectives of U.S. telecommunications policy: universal service, homeland security, public safety, diversity of voices, localism, consumer protection, etc. This book explores these issues and includes the act in its entirety.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Pike & Fischer - A BNA Company
Page : 932 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Telecommunication
ISBN : 0937275077

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The Telecommunications Act of 1996 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard E. Wiley,R. Clark Wadlow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105061844341

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The Telecommunications Act of 1996 by Richard E. Wiley,R. Clark Wadlow Pdf

Author : Charles H. Kennedy
Publisher : Artech House
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Law
ISBN : 089006380X

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An Introduction to U.S. Telecommunications Law by Charles H. Kennedy Pdf

This completely revised and updated 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. An Introduction to U.S. Telecommunications Law, Second Edition is a concise, jargon-free reference describing how electronic media and telecommunications companies are required to price their services, interconnect with customers and other service providers, and respond to competition.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Antitrust law
ISBN : PURD:32754078037466

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AT&T Consent Decree by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law Pdf

Author : United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1508 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Law
ISBN : UCR:31210025663863

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United States Code by United States Pdf

Author : Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth
Publisher : A E I Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015063208188

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A Tough Act to Follow? by Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth Pdf

The author, who served as one of the five commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission for several years, explains why this and other government agencies that are not set up with separation of powers in mind end up undermining the rule of law.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 923 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 600001354X

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The Telecommunications Act of 1996 by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Communication, International
ISBN : PSU:000025256796

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Communications Act of 1934 as Amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce Pdf