Telecommunications Act of 1996

(1996). Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Type

Legislation

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1996

Link

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/254

Cited from

organizational_management

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Primes

• Last-Mile Failure
  • Telecom's recognition that last-mile economics defeat market provision led to universal-service funds and line-sharing rules

    This sourceEstablishes the federal Universal Service Fund and the principle that last-mile economics defeating market provision require cross-subsidy; the Act (§ 251) also mandates unbundled access / line-sharing as the regulatory response to incumbent control of the local loop.

    Supported in partVerified against the work's full text

    Section 254 creates universal-service support mechanisms for rural and high-cost areas; it does not state the last-mile rationale or cover line-sharing.

    “Consumers in all regions of the Nation, including low-income consumers and those in rural, insular, and high cost areas, should have access to telecommunications and information services”

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